Author: Patrick Chabal
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521311489
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This collection of essays brings together historians and political scientists from Britain, France and the United States, who, from widely differing perspectives and traditions, have been involved in the process of rethinking African politics. They present here the outline of a new approach, grounded in universal political theory rather than on theories of Third World political development. This seeks to integrate the history of Africa (from pre- to post-colonial) with concepts of political theory as they have been applied historically to the analysis of Europe and America. The book addresses a wide audience: students of African history and politics, of Third World development and of political theory.
Political Domination in Africa
Political Domination in Africa
Author: P. Chabel
Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Escape from Domination in Africa
Author: Bruce Baker
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Africans have long resorted to a range of strategies to escape domination - they have migrated, they have dropped out, and they have developed second economies. In this text, the author takes examples from across the continent to establish a discussible model. North America: Africa World Press
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Africans have long resorted to a range of strategies to escape domination - they have migrated, they have dropped out, and they have developed second economies. In this text, the author takes examples from across the continent to establish a discussible model. North America: Africa World Press
Western Education and Political Domination in Africa
Author: Magnus O. Bassey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003793
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The contribution of Western education to the creation of an African-educated elite is well documented. What is not equally well documented is the fact that African-educated elites have used their education and the schools to perpetuate their dominance by denying the poor the knowledge necessary to protect their political and economic rights and to advance in society. On the other hand, educated elites in Africa make opportunities available to their own members through selective ordering, legitimization of certain language forms and learning processes in schools, and legitimization of elite codes and experiences to the exclusion of the histories, experiences, and worldviews of the poor. This book highlights the processes by which the poor in Africa have been disenfranchised and marginalized through schools' ascriptive mechanisms, and explains why African economic development is very slow.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003793
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The contribution of Western education to the creation of an African-educated elite is well documented. What is not equally well documented is the fact that African-educated elites have used their education and the schools to perpetuate their dominance by denying the poor the knowledge necessary to protect their political and economic rights and to advance in society. On the other hand, educated elites in Africa make opportunities available to their own members through selective ordering, legitimization of certain language forms and learning processes in schools, and legitimization of elite codes and experiences to the exclusion of the histories, experiences, and worldviews of the poor. This book highlights the processes by which the poor in Africa have been disenfranchised and marginalized through schools' ascriptive mechanisms, and explains why African economic development is very slow.
The Theory and Practice of African Politics
Author: Christian P. Potholm
Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Political Domination in Africa
Author: Patrick Chabal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780821322970
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780821322970
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Negotiating Statehood
Author: Tobias Hagmann
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444395572
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa provides a conceptual framework for analysing dynamic processes of state-making in Africa. Features a conceptual framework which provides a method for analysing the everyday making, contestation, and negotiation of statehood in contemporary Africa Conceptualizes who negotiates statehood (the actors, resources and repertoires), where these negotiation processes take place, and what these processes are all about ncludes a collections of essays that provides empirical and analytical insights into these processes in eight different country studies in Africa Critically reflects on the negotiability of statehood in Africa
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444395572
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Negotiating Statehood: Dynamics of Power and Domination in Africa provides a conceptual framework for analysing dynamic processes of state-making in Africa. Features a conceptual framework which provides a method for analysing the everyday making, contestation, and negotiation of statehood in contemporary Africa Conceptualizes who negotiates statehood (the actors, resources and repertoires), where these negotiation processes take place, and what these processes are all about ncludes a collections of essays that provides empirical and analytical insights into these processes in eight different country studies in Africa Critically reflects on the negotiability of statehood in Africa
Critical Perspectives on African Politics
Author: Clive Gabay
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317686128
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly hailed as the twin drivers of a ‘rising Africa’. Current attempts to support growth and democracy are part of a longer history of promoting projects of disciplinary, regulatory and liberal rule and values beyond ‘the West’. Yet this is not simply Western domination of a passive continent. Such an interpretation misses out on the complexities and nuances of the politics of state-building and civil society promotion, and the central role of African agency. Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa. It seeks to develop a theoretically informed critical approach to discourses and interventions such as those associated with broadly ‘Western’ initiatives in Africa. In doing so, the book highlights the power relations, inequalities, coercion and violence that are deeply implicated within contemporary international interventions on the African continent. Providing a range of empirical cases and theoretical approaches, the chapters are united by their critical treatment of political dynamics in Africa. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, development studies, postcolonial theory, International Relations, international political economy and peacekeeping/making.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317686128
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly hailed as the twin drivers of a ‘rising Africa’. Current attempts to support growth and democracy are part of a longer history of promoting projects of disciplinary, regulatory and liberal rule and values beyond ‘the West’. Yet this is not simply Western domination of a passive continent. Such an interpretation misses out on the complexities and nuances of the politics of state-building and civil society promotion, and the central role of African agency. Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa. It seeks to develop a theoretically informed critical approach to discourses and interventions such as those associated with broadly ‘Western’ initiatives in Africa. In doing so, the book highlights the power relations, inequalities, coercion and violence that are deeply implicated within contemporary international interventions on the African continent. Providing a range of empirical cases and theoretical approaches, the chapters are united by their critical treatment of political dynamics in Africa. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, development studies, postcolonial theory, International Relations, international political economy and peacekeeping/making.
The Political Awakening of Africa
Author: Rupert Emerson
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"In this volume, the foremost African politicians and intellectuals speak out on the problems and potentialities of their newly-won independence." -- Back cover.
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"In this volume, the foremost African politicians and intellectuals speak out on the problems and potentialities of their newly-won independence." -- Back cover.
Neocolonialism and African Politics
Author: Yolamu R. Barongo
Publisher: New York : Vantage Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Vantage Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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