Graduate Student Research

Abby Neely – Reconfiguring Pholela: Local People and Government Bureaucrats from 1936 to 2010

This dissertation argues that three distinct periods of state intervention in Pholela catalyzed changes in agriculture and in health. The transformations that occurred – in households, in communities, and in practice and ideas – were often unexpected and were the result of the interaction between local, on-the-ground government bureaucrats and local, rural people. Read more.

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