| Description |
viii, 227 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
African studies series ; 65
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African studies series ; 65.
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| Note |
Based on a conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in June 1987. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 193-216. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Burkina Faso : between feeble state and total state : the swing continues / René Otayek -- Cameroon / Jean-François Bayart -- Chad : the narrow escape of an African state, 1965-1987 / Robert Buijtenhuijs -- Côte d'Ivoire : analysing the crisis / Yves A. Fauré -- Ghana : the political economy of personal rule / Richard Jeffries -- Liberia / Christopher Clapham -- Nigeria : power for profit : class, corporatism, and factionalism in the military / Christian Coulon and Donal B. Cruise O'Brien -- Sierra Leone : state consolidation, fragmentation and decay / Fred M. Hayward -- Conclusion / John Dunn. |
| Subject |
Africa, West -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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West Africa. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1960- |
| Subject |
Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 1960- |
| Indexed Term |
West Africa Social conditions |
| Added Author |
Cruise O'Brien, Donal B. (Donal Brian)
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Dunn, John, 1940-
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Rathbone, Richard.
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| ISBN |
0521363667 |
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0521368936 paperback |
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