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MacLean, Lauren M. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity In Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Xvi + 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0-521-19296-5. Price not stated.

MacLean, Lauren M. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity In... 390 Book Reviews / African and Asian Studies 9 (2010) 385-391 MacLean, Lauren M. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reci- procity In Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Xvi + 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0-521-19296-5. Price not stated. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity In Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire is a well-written and beautifully-produced book by Cambridge University Press. Published as part of the publisher’s prestigious Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series, with University of Washington-Seattle Professor Margaret Levi as its Gen- eral Editor, the 292-page book has been authored by Indiana University Political Science Professor Lauren M. MacLean, who specializes on African politics. Supported by prestigious research funding, including a postdoctoral funding from the famous Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Health Policy, Professor MacLean traveled to West Africa to conduct research in both Ghana and the Ivory Coast (also known as Cote d’Ivoire). The contents of this very useful book go a long way to challenge previous assumptions dealing with institutions in general as well as social capital and, indeed, the nature of the African state. In doing so, she thoroughly investigates the historical aspects http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African and Asian Studies Brill

MacLean, Lauren M. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity In Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Xvi + 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0-521-19296-5. Price not stated.

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African and Asian Studies , Volume 9 (3): 390 – Jan 1, 2010
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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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390 Book Reviews / African and Asian Studies 9 (2010) 385-391 MacLean, Lauren M. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reci- procity In Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Xvi + 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0-521-19296-5. Price not stated. Informal Institutions And Citizenship In Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity In Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire is a well-written and beautifully-produced book by Cambridge University Press. Published as part of the publisher’s prestigious Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series, with University of Washington-Seattle Professor Margaret Levi as its Gen- eral Editor, the 292-page book has been authored by Indiana University Political Science Professor Lauren M. MacLean, who specializes on African politics. Supported by prestigious research funding, including a postdoctoral funding from the famous Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Health Policy, Professor MacLean traveled to West Africa to conduct research in both Ghana and the Ivory Coast (also known as Cote d’Ivoire). The contents of this very useful book go a long way to challenge previous assumptions dealing with institutions in general as well as social capital and, indeed, the nature of the African state. In doing so, she thoroughly investigates the historical aspects

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