States and power in Africa comparative lessons in authority and control

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Herbst, Jeffrey Ira, autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press 2014.
Edition:New edition, New paperback edition
Series:Princeton studies in international history and politics
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Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of contents only
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991006592479706719
Table of 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 of the African realm
  • The politics of migration and citizenship
  • The past and the future of state power in Africa, revised for the new paperback edition.