States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control
by
Herbst, Jeffrey.
Title
:
States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control
Author
:
Herbst, Jeffrey.
ISBN
:
9780691010274
9780691010281
Personal Author
:
Herbst, Jeffrey.
Publication Information
:
Princeton, N.J. ; Chichester : Princeton University Press, c2000.
Physical Description
:
x, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Princeton studies in international history and politics
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.
Subject Term
:
Power (Social sciences) -- Africa.
Geographic Term
:
Africa -- Politics and government.
Electronic Access
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