Martin Staniland’s scientific contributions

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The Rhetoric of Centre–Periphery Relations
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December 1970

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The Journal of Modern African Studies

Martin Staniland

This article is an attempt to explore the frames of reference of two disciplines—political science and social anthropology—as they affect the study of relations between the national ‘centre’ and the local ‘periphery’ in African countries. It is exploratory, in that it reviews the assumptions and concepts characteristic of the disciplines, instead of trying to crystallise a new model. In the light of this comparison it then considers the status of what Clifford Geertz has called ‘the clichés of commonsense sociology’.1 It examines particularly one item in this collection of clichés, the notion of ‘tribalism’.

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... From the start the administration of Community funds did not generate institutional adjustments (Verney 1994; Plaskovitis 1994; Georgiou 1994). The highly centralized structure of the Greek political-administrative system relied on deconcentrated government units at the prefectural level (nomos), headed by the centrally appointed Prefect who was under the total control of the central government. ...

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European Integration in Administrative Terms: A Framework for Analysis and the Greek Case
The Rhetoric of Centre–Periphery Relations
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  • December 1970

The Journal of Modern African Studies