Legitimation as Political Practice: Crafting Everyday Authority in Tanzania

ISBN-13: 9781316516515 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Kathy (University of Edinburgh) Dodworth

Opis

A radical, interdisciplinary reworking of legitimation, using ethnographic insights to explore everyday non-state authority in Tanzania.

Recenzje

'Legitimacy is profoundly a challenging matter in Africa. What informs legitimacy is a question that we often ask. Kathy Dodworth examines how legitimacy is produced in everyday practices. The analysis goes beyond state level by examining NGOs practices. This book is invaluable in seeking to bridge the 'legitimation practices' gap.' Aikande C. Kwayu, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spis treści

Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Practicing legitimation; 1. Legitimacy and legitimation: Broadening the landscape; 2. Practicing the 'how' of legitimation; 3. 'We go deeper': Extensity and territoriality as practice; 4. 'In and out': Working the state in Tanzania; 5. 'I was chosen, it's the work that's voluntary': Negotiating voluntarism in Tanzania; 6. 'These people, they just sit!': Representing coastal 'others'; 7. 'Reporting has all sorts of issues!': The global ecosystem of information; Conclusion: Legitimation as practice: Everyday authority in Tanzania; Appendix A: Interviews; Glossary; References.