ISBN:
0-521-36893-6
,
978-0-521-36893-3
,
0-521-36366-7 /Hb.
,
978-0-521-36366-2 /Hb.
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 227 Seiten
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 65
Keywords:
Westafrika Politisches System
;
Sozialer Aspekt
;
Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
;
Burkina Faso
;
Kamerun
;
Tschad
;
Elfenbeinküste
;
Ghana
;
Liberia
;
Nigeria
;
Senegal
;
Sierra Leone
Abstract:
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. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction, Donal B. Cruise O'Brien and Richard Rathbone -- 2 - Burkina Faso: between feeble state and total state, the swing continues / René Otayek -- 3 - Cameroon / Jean-François Bayart -- 4 - Chad: the narrow escape of an African state, 1965-1987 / Robert Buijtenhuijs -- 5 - Côte d'Ivoire: analysing the crisis / Yves A. Fauré -- 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 -- Conclusion / John Dunn -- Notes -- Index
Note:
"The studies have emerged from a small conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in June 1987." (Preface)
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