Contemporary West African States
Series: African Studies; 65;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 1 February 1990
- ISBN 9780521368933
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages236 pages
- Size 230x152x16 mm
- Weight 364 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
A provocative contribution to the debate on the nature of the state and political processes in Africa.
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The West African states have reached maturity. This new volume - appearing a decade after the successful West African States: Failure and Promise - provides up-to-date studies of nine states, including Chad, Burkina Faso and Cameroon, which were neglected in the earlier volume, and introduces contemporary theories of West African politics. The book reflects changes on the ground and also in academic debate, notably the remarkable retreat of dependency theory and Marxian analysis and the rise of free-market theorising by both governments and scholars. The volume also contains important observations on the political importance of religious fundamentalism in the region, and the growth of sub-national forms of political activity. The writers are well-known scholars in the field, and include contributors to the influential journal Politique Africaine. This will be a useful textbook for everyone interested in African politics, but it is also a provocative contribution to the debate on the nature of the state and political processes in Africa.
"...an excellent survey of contemporary West Africa." Foreign Affairs
Table of Contents:
List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction Donal B. Cruise O'Brien and Richard Rathbone; 2. Burkino Faso: between feeble and state and total state, the swing continues Rene Otayek; 3. Cameroon Jean-Francois Bayart; 4. Chad: the narrow escape of an African state, 1965-1987 Robert Buijtenhuijs; 5. Cote d'Ivoire: analysing the crisis Yves A. Faure; 6. Ghana: the political economy of personal rule Richard Jeffries; 7. Liberia Christopher Clapham; 8. Nigeria: power for profit: class, corporatism, and factionalism in the military Shehu Othman; 9. Senegal Christian Coulon and Donal B. Cruise O'Brien; 10. Sierra Leone: state, consolidation, fragmentation and decay Fred M. Hayward; 11. Conclusion John Dunn.
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