Political Topographies of the African State: Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Political Topographies of the African State: Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) Book

This study brings Africa into the mainstream of studies of state-formation in agrarian societies. Territorial integration is the challenge: institutional linkages and political deals that bind center and periphery are the solutions. In African countries, rulers at the center are forced to bargain with regional elites to establish stable mechanisms of rule and taxation. Variation in regional forms of social organization make for differences in the interests and political strength of regional leaders who seek to maintain or enhance their power vis-a-vis their followers and subjects, and also vis-a-vis the center.Read More

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    Catherine Boone examines political regionalism in Africa and how it affects forms of government, and prospects for democracy and development. Boone's study is set within the context of larger theories of political development in agrarian societies. It features a series of compelling case studies that focus on regions within Senegal, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire and ranges from 1930 to the present. The book will be of interest to readers concerned with comparative politics, Africa, development, regionalism and federalism, and ethnic politics.

  • 0521532647
  • 9780521532648
  • Catherine Boone
  • 27 October 2003
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 422
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