{"product_id":"everyday-state-and-democracy-in-africa","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 This 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 Both 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 bureaucratic machinery in South Sudan, Nigeria, and Kenya\u003cbr\u003e infrastructure and shortages in Chad and Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e disciplinarity, subjectivity, and violence in Rwanda, South Africa, and Nigeria\u003cbr\u003e the social life of democracy in the Congo, Cameroon, and Mozambique\u003cbr\u003e education, welfare, and health in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burkina Faso\u003cbr\u003e Everyday 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 Contributors:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Daniel Agbiboa\u003cbr\u003e Victoria Bernal\u003cbr\u003e Jean Comaroff\u003cbr\u003e John L. Comaroff\u003cbr\u003e E. Fouksman\u003cbr\u003e Fred Ikanda\u003cbr\u003e Lori Leonard\u003cbr\u003e Rose Løvgren\u003cbr\u003e Ferenc Dávid Markó\u003cbr\u003e Ebenezer Obadare\u003cbr\u003e Rogers Orock\u003cbr\u003e Justin Pearce\u003cbr\u003e Katrien Pype\u003cbr\u003e Edoardo Quaretta\u003cbr\u003e Jennifer Riggan\u003cbr\u003e Helle Samuelsen\u003cbr\u003e Nicholas Rush Smith\u003cbr\u003e Eric Trovalla\u003cbr\u003e Ulrika Trovalla\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232360616280,"sku":"9780821424902","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780821424902_11ea6373-0199-4a38-8a93-3e98472058f6.jpg?v=1779857145","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/everyday-state-and-democracy-in-africa","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}