Citizen and Subject : Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism /

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In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and eth...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
89.91 imperialism.
Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples.
Despotism.
Democracy.
Colonies > Administration.
Colonial influence.
Apartheid.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Apartheid > Afrique.
Despotisme > Afrique.
Indigenous peoples > Africa.
Apartheid > Africa.
Democracy > Africa.
Despotism > Africa.
Colonies > Africa > Administration.
Africa.
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement.
Afrique > Influence coloniale.
Africa > Politics and government.
Africa > Colonial influence.
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse
  • The structure of power
  • Decentralized Despotism
  • Indirect Rule: the Politics of Decentralized Despotism
  • Customary law: the Theory of Decentralized Despotism
  • The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry
  • The anatomy of resistance
  • The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa
  • The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa
  • Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
  • Notes
  • Index.

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