Postcolonial State in Africa Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010

Name: Postcolonial State in Africa Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010
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ISBN: 9780299291440

ISBN-10: 0299291448

ISBN-13: 9780299291440

Edition: 2012

Authors: Crawford Young

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InThe Postcolonial State in Africa, Crawford Young offers an informed and authoritative comparative overview of fifty years of African independence, drawing on his decades of research and first-hand experience on the African continent. Young identifies three cycles of hope and disappointment common to many of the African states (including those in North Africa) over the last half-century: initial euphoria at independence in the 1960s followed by disillusionment with a lapse into single-party autocracies and military rule; a period of renewed confidence, radicalization, and ambitious state expansion in the 1970s preceding state crisis and even failure in the disastrous 1980s; and a phase…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 11/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



List of Tables


Preface


Glossary and Acronyms



Setting the Frame



A Half Century of African Independence: Three Cycles of Hope and Disappointment



In Search of the African State



Itineraries: Three Cycles of Hope and Disappointment



Decolonization, the Independence Settlement, and Colonial Legacy



The Road to Autocracy: Breakdown of the Decolonization Settlements



Anatomy of State Crisis



Democratization and Its Limits



Themes and Conclusions



Morphology of Violent Civil Conflict



Africanism, Nationalism, and Ethnicity: The Ambiguous Triple Helix of Identity



The African Postcolonial State: Concluding Reflections


Notes


Index