States and Power in Africa - Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

Name: States and Power in Africa - Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
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ISBN: 9780691010281

ISBN-10: 0691010285

ISBN-13: 9780691010281

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jeffrey Ira Herbst

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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 his groundbreaking book, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state-building process in a truly comparative perspective, examining the problem of state consolidation from the precolonial period, through the short but intense interlude of European colonialism, to the modern era of independent states. Herbst's bold contention--that the conditions now facing African state-builders existed long before European penetration of the continent--is sure to provoke…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



The Challenge of State-Building in Africa


One The Challenge of State-Building in Africa



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



National Design and Domestic Politics


Five National Design and the Broadcasting of Power


Six Chiefs, States, and the Land



Boundaries and Power


Seven The Coin of the African Realm


Eight The Politics of Migration and Citizenship



Conclusion


Nine The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa


Index