Thomas Bierschenk

Domaine de recherche

l'Afrique

Pays de résidence

Allemagne

Titre

Professor of Modern African Studies

Affiliation

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

Adresse électronique

biersche@mail.uni-mainz.de

Adresse

Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
D-55099
Mainz
Germany

Téléphone/Télécopie

phone: +49 (0) 6131 392.2798
fax: +49 (06131) 392.3730

Site de web

http://www.uni-mainz.de/~ifeas/

Pays de spécialisation

Benin

Recherche

Teaching and research in the areas of political sociology and anthropology
of Africa, with a focus on state construction and the local state
(democratization, decentralization, political economy of development),
and a regional focus on French-speaking West Africa.

Enseignement

Teaching and research in the areas of political sociology and anthropology
of Africa, with a focus on state construction and the local state
(democratization, decentralization, political economy of development),
and a regional focus on French-speaking West Africa.

Publications

Thomas Bierschenk & Jean-Pierre-Olivier de Sardan. "Powers in the
Village: Rural Benin between Democratisation and Decentralisation,"
Africa. vol. 73, no. 2 (2003): 145-173.

Mots-clés

local governance ; democratization ; decentralization ; political economy ; development; West Africa