| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) : illustrations |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- A theory of institutional congruence -- Bringing old states back In: Senegal's precolonial polities -- The politics of decentralization in Senegal -- Political narratives across rural Senegal -- Delivering schools and clinics in rural Senegal -- Congruence and incongruence in action -- Decompressing legacies of public goods delivery,1880-2012 -- Institutional congruence beyond Senegal -- Conclusion -- Appendix |
| Summary |
"Why are some communities able to come together to improve their collective lot while others are not? This book advances a novel answer to this question by looking at variation in local government performance in decentralized West Africa: communities are better able to coordinate around basic service delivery when their formal jurisdictional boundaries overlap with informal social institutions, or norms of appropriate comportment in the public sphere demarcated by group boundaries. I advance a theory of institutional congruence to explain these differences, highlighting how twin mechanisms of a shared sense of social identification and dense network ties alter local elite behavior under decentralization. These attributes fall unevenly across space, however, meaning that institutional congruence only emerges in areas that were home to precolonial kingdoms where collective identities and social ties have persisted over time. I develop and test this argument through a multi-method research design to show that local politics of representation and redistribution are broader in cases of high congruence, but contentious and targeted in areas where it is low"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2022) |
| Subject |
Decentralization in government -- Senegal
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Local government -- Senegal
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Public administration -- Senegal
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Group identity -- Political aspects -- Senegal
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity -- Senegal
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Postcolonialism -- Senegal
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Politics and government
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Social institutions
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West Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021024671 |
| ISBN |
9781009286176 |
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100928617X |
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9781108996983 |
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1009002864 |
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9781009002868 |
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1108996981 |
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