Book Description
This collection explores the relationships of class and state in contemporary African politics.
Author : Nelson Kasfir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1317792076
This collection explores the relationships of class and state in contemporary African politics.
Author : Nelson Kasfir
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,85 MB
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Category : Africa
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Author : Donald Rothchild
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000304949
Since independence, the political institutions of many African states have undergone a process of consolidation and subsequent deterioration. Constrained by external economic dependency and an acute scarcity of economic and technical resources, state officials have demonstrated a diminished capacity to regulate their societies. Public policies are agreed upon but ineffectively implemented by the weak institutions of the state. Although scholars have analyzed the various facets of state-building in detail, little systematic attention has been given to the issue of the decline of the state and mechanisms to cope with state ineffectiveness in Africa. This book focuses especially on the character of the postcolonial state in Africa, the nature of and reasons for state deterioration, and the mechanisms and policies for coping with state malfunction. Scholars from Africa, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East combine a broad understanding of African political processes with expertise on specific regions. Their analytic and comparative perspective provides a comprehensive and timely treatment of this vital and heretofore neglected theme in African politics.
Author : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,2 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780520032927
Author : Eme Ekekwe
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 11,63 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Harold Wolpe
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Apartheid
ISBN : 9780865431423
Author : Zaki Ergas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 1987-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349188867
In the first twenty-five years of African independence the behaviour of the African state elites has not been, with a few notable exceptions, conducive to self-sustained development. What are the reasons for this sorry state of affairs? What can be done to reverse that unfortunate trend? These are the two overarching questions with which this book attempts to grapple.
Author : Giles Mohan
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 16,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
Part of a series of studies that examine political issues confronting African peoples, societies and states, this text explores: theories of the state, the transition to democracy and economic development. Published in association with ROAPE North America: Africa World Press
Author : Giles Mohan
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,4 MB
Release : 2006
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Author : Jean-François Bayart
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
Examines the role and structure of the state in Africa. Amongst the areas considered are: the genesis of the state; the decision to pursue conservative modernization or social revolution; the formation of an historic postcolonial bloc; and entrepreneurs, factions and political networks.