States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control /
"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 his groundbreaking book, Jeffrey Herbst places the African st...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2014, c2000.
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| Edición: | New ed., new paperback ed. |
| Colección: | Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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| Aporte de: | Registro referencial: Solicitar el recurso aquí |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.