{"product_id":"everyday-state-and-democracy-in-africa-1","title":"Everyday State and Democracy in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBottom-up case studies, drawn from the perspective of ordinary Africans’ experiences with state bureaucracies, structures, and services, reveal how citizens and states define each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis volume examines contemporary citizens’ everyday encounters with the state and democratic processes in Africa. The contributions reveal the intricate and complex ways in which quotidian activities and experiences—from getting an identification card (genuine or fake) to sourcing black-market commodities to dealing with unreliable waste collection—both (re)produce and (re)constitute the state and democracy. This approach from below lends gravity to the mundane and recognizes the value of conceiving state governance not in terms of its stated promises and aspirations but rather in accordance with how people experience it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBoth new and established scholars based in Africa, Europe, and North America cover a wide range of examples from across the continent, including\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nbureaucratic machinery in South Sudan, Nigeria, and Kenya\u003cbr\u003e\ninfrastructure and shortages in Chad and Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e\ndisciplinarity, subjectivity, and violence in Rwanda, South Africa, and Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e\nthe social life of democracy in the Congo, Cameroon, and Mozambique\u003cbr\u003e\neducation, welfare, and health in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burkina Faso\u003cbr\u003e\nEveryday State and Democracy in Africa demonstrates that ordinary citizens’ encounters with state agencies and institutions define the meanings, discourses, practices, and significance of democratic life, as well its distressing realities.\u003cbr\u003e\nContributors:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDaniel Agbiboa\u003cbr\u003e\nVictoria Bernal\u003cbr\u003e\nJean Comaroff\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn L. Comaroff\u003cbr\u003e\nE. Fouksman\u003cbr\u003e\nFred Ikanda\u003cbr\u003e\nLori Leonard\u003cbr\u003e\nRose Løvgren\u003cbr\u003e\nFerenc Dávid Markó\u003cbr\u003e\nEbenezer Obadare\u003cbr\u003e\nRogers Orock\u003cbr\u003e\nJustin Pearce\u003cbr\u003e\nKatrien Pype\u003cbr\u003e\nEdoardo Quaretta\u003cbr\u003e\nJennifer Riggan\u003cbr\u003e\nHelle Samuelsen\u003cbr\u003e\nNicholas Rush Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Trovalla\u003cbr\u003e\nUlrika Trovalla\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Wale Adebanwi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573212446902,"sku":"9780821424902","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780821424902_ef88859c-d1c9-4070-b3cb-22f3488946e7.jpg?v=1727083523","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/everyday-state-and-democracy-in-africa-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}