Raising wages in the controlled sector: A comment on Elliott |
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Authors: | Frances Stewart John Weeks |
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Affiliation: | Department of Political Science , University of Dar es Salaam |
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Abstract: | This case study from Eastern Zambia challenges the thesis that after independence an elite of privileged farmers entrenched itself through domination of the local political arena and a coalition with the civil service. It argues that such a view may be a reification due to misplaced assumptions about historical continuity and the uniformity of social behaviour; a lack of attention to the actual operation of government departments at the lowest levels; and neglect of how people construct ways of life on the basis of different interpretations of the world. |
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