States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control / Jeffrey Herbst ; with a new preface by the author.

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Herbst, Jeffrey Ira [author.]

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TextSeries: Princeton studies in international history and politicsPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014Publisher: ©2000Edition: New editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781400852321
1400852323
0691164142
9780691164144

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: States and power in Africa.DDC classification:

303.3/096 23

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JQ1875 .H47 2014

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Contents:

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the New Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- Part One. THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING IN AFRICA -- One. The Challenge of State-Building in Africa -- Part Two. 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 -- Part Three. NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS -- Five. National Design and the Broadcasting of Power -- Six. Chiefs, States, and the Land -- Part Four. BOUNDARIES AND POWER -- Seven. The Coin of the African Realm -- Eight. The Politics of Migration and Citizenship -- Part Five. CONCLUSION -- Nine. The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa Revised for the New Paperback Edition -- Index

Summary: 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 States and Power in Africa, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state-building process in a truly comparative perspective. Herbst's bold contention--that the conditions now facing African state-builders existed long before European penetration of the continent--is sure to provoke controversy, for it runs counter to the prevailing assumption that colonialism changed everything. This revised edition includes a new preface in which the author links the enormous changes that have taken place in Africa over the past fifteen years to long-term state consolidation. The final chapter on policy prescriptions has also been revised to reflect the evolution of African and international responses to state failure Provided by publisher

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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 States and Power in Africa, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state-building process in a truly comparative perspective. Herbst's bold contention--that the conditions now facing African state-builders existed long before European penetration of the continent--is sure to provoke controversy, for it runs counter to the prevailing assumption that colonialism changed everything. This revised edition includes a new preface in which the author links the enormous changes that have taken place in Africa over the past fifteen years to long-term state consolidation. The final chapter on policy prescriptions has also been revised to reflect the evolution of African and international responses to state failure Provided by publisher

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