| Edition |
New edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (311 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Princeton studies in international history and politics
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Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The challenge of state-building in Africa -- Power and space in precolonial Africa -- The Europeans and the African problem -- The political kingdom in independent Africa -- National design and the broadcasting of power -- Chiefs, states, and the land -- The coin and the African realm -- The politics of migration and citizenship -- The past and the future of state power in Africa. |
| 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 ev. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa -- Politics and government.
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Africa. |
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Politics and government. |
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Power (Social sciences) -- Africa.
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Power (Social sciences) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Druck-Ausgabe Herbst, Jeffrey. States and Power in Africa . Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control |
| ISBN |
9781400852321 (electronic book) |
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1400852323 (electronic book) |
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9780691164144 |
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