States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control /

Theories of international relations, assumed to be universally applicable, have failed to explain the creation of states in Africa. There, the interaction of power and space is dramatically different from what occurred in Europe. In States and Power in Africa, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herbst, Jeffrey Ira (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Edición:New edition.
Colección:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Temas:
Power (Social sciences) > Africa.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) > Afrique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Politics and government
Power (Social sciences)
Africa > Politics and government.
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement.
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface to the New Paperback Edition
  • Introduction
  • Part One. THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING IN AFRICA
  • One. The Challenge of State-Building in Africa
  • Part Two. THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATES IN AFRICA
  • Two. Power and Space in Precolonial Africa
  • Three. The Europeans and the African Problem
  • Four. The Political Kingdom in Independent Africa
  • Part Three. NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
  • Five. National Design and the Broadcasting of Power
  • Six. Chiefs, States, and the Land
  • Part Four. BOUNDARIES AND POWER
  • Seven. The Coin of the African Realm
  • Eight. The Politics of Migration and Citizenship
  • Part Five. CONCLUSION
  • Nine. The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa Revised for the New Paperback Edition
  • Index

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