Contemporary West African States
Donal Cruise O'Brien, John Dunn, Richard Rathbone
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 theorizing 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 subnational 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.
Thể loại:
Năm:
2004
In lần thứ:
digital printing
Nhà xuát bản:
Cambridge University Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
236
ISBN 10:
0521363667
ISBN 13:
9780521363662
Loạt:
African Studies 65
File:
PDF, 4.81 MB
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english, 2004