The Social Contract in Africa /

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This book employs the event of the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 to reflect on the event itself and beyond. Some of the chapters address the colonial encounter and its lingering reverberations on the African sociopolitical landscape. Others address the aftermath of large scale societal violence and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Africa Institute of South Africa
Other Authors: Osha, Sanya
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pretoria, South Africa : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2014
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Power (Social sciences)
Political development
Civil society
Case studies
Civil society.
Political development.
Politics
Africa
Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book employs the event of the Arab Spring revolution of 2011 to reflect on the event itself and beyond. Some of the chapters address the colonial encounter and its lingering reverberations on the African sociopolitical landscape. Others address the aftermath of large scale societal violence and trauma that pervade the African context. The contributions indicate the range of challenges confronting African societies in the postmodern era. They also illustrate the sheer resilience and inventiveness of those societies in the face of apparently overwhelming odds..."
Physical Description:1 online resource (194 pages): ill. ;
ISBN:9780798304450

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