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States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control / Jeffrey Herbst ; with new preface by the author.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.Edition: New ed., New paperback edDescription: xxx, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0691164142 (paperback)
  • 9780691164144 (paperback)
  • 9780691164137
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.3096   23
  • 303.096 HER
Contents:
The challenge of state-building in Africa -- Power and space in prec olonial Africa -- The Europeans and the African problem -- The politica l kingdom in independent Africa -- National design and the broadcasting of power -- Chiefs, states, and the land -- The coin of the African re alm -- The politics of migration and citizenship -- The past and the fu ture of state power in Africa, revised for the new paperback edition.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books - Open Access Books - Open Access MISR Library - Open Shelves 303.3096 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001270276
Books - Open Access Books - Open Access MISR Library - Open Shelves 303.3096 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001269660

Originally published: 2000. With new preface and revised chapter nin e by the author.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The challenge of state-building in Africa -- Power and space in prec olonial Africa -- The Europeans and the African problem -- The politica l kingdom in independent Africa -- National design and the broadcasting of power -- Chiefs, states, and the land -- The coin of the African re alm -- The politics of migration and citizenship -- The past and the fu ture of state power in Africa, revised for the new paperback edition.

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