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Author: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan is Professor of anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France) and Emeritus director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). He is among the founders of LASDEL, Laboratory for Study and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development, in Niamey (www.lasdel.net), and is associate Professor, in charge of the Master « Anthropology of health public policies », at Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey (Niger). He has authored numerous books in French and in English. He's currently working on an empirical anthropology of public actions in West Africa.

Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan is Professor of anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France) and Emeritus director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France). He is among the founders of LASDEL, Laboratory for Study and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development, in Niamey (www.lasdel.net), and is associate Professor, in charge of the Master « Anthropology of health public policies », at Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey (Niger). He has authored numerous books in French and in English. He's currently working on an empirical anthropology of public actions in West Africa.

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Revisiting ‘States at Work. Dynamics of African Bureaucracies’

January, 2018 / By Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

‘States at Work’ aims to contribute to the academic debates on processes of state-building in Africa, and, among development practitioners, […]

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