Professions and Social Order
Markets, States and Healers in Burkina Faso

By (author) Professor Robert Dingwall,Natewinde Sawadogo,Robert Dingwall,Natewindé Sawadogo

ISBN13: 9781138679832

Imprint: Routledge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Published: 29/08/2025

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This study asks a fundamental theoretical and empirical question--re-posing and re-contextualizing in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa: can markets generate the institutions on which they depend for their effectiveness, or do these require the active intervention of a strong, purposeful and democratic state?
Introduction: The Market for Healing in Ouagadougou 1. Professions and the Social Order 2. Indigenous Healers and the Traditional State 3. The Medical Profession and the Colonial Power 4. Reconstructing the Public Governance Structure of Medical Practice 5. The Revival of the Private Governance Structure of Medical Practice 6. Healing Work and Civic Virtue Conclusion: Professions, States and Markets
  • Regional geography
  • Social theory
  • Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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