STATES AND POWER IN AFRICA by Jeffrey Herbst, Jeffrey Herbst ( 9780691164144 )

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STATES AND POWER IN AFRICA
COMPARATIVE LESSONS IN AUTHORITY AND CONTROL, SECOND EDITION

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Jeffrey Herbst, Jeffrey Herbst

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0691164142

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Publisher:

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

21 December, 2014

Edition:

Second edition with a New Preface

Series:

Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

Pages:

312

Description:

Originally published: A2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.

Synopsis:

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 everything.This revised edition includes a new preface in which the author links the enormous changes that have taken place in Africa over the past fifteen years to long-term state consolidation. The final chapter on policy prescriptions has also been revised to reflect the evolution of African and international responses to state failure.

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Princeton University Press

Prizes:

Joint winner of Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics

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