States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

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With a new preface by the author. Theories of international relations, assumed to be universally applicable, have failed to explain the creation of states in Africa. There, the interaction of power and space is dramatically different from what occurred in Europe. In States and Power in Africa, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state-building process in a truly comparative perspective. Herbst's bold contention—that the conditions now facing African state-builders existed long before European penetration of the continent—is sure to provoke controversy, for it runs counter to the prevailing assumption that colonialism changed everything. This revised edition includes a new preface in which the author links the enormous changes that have taken place in Africa over the past fifteen years to long-term state consolidation. The final chapter on policy prescriptions has also been revised to reflect the evolution of African and international responses to state failure. Jeffrey Herbst is president of Colgate University. Cover......Page 1 STATES AND POWERIN AFRICA......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Preface to the New Paperback Edition......Page 12 Introduction......Page 34 PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING IN AFRICA......Page 40 One The Challenge of State-Building in Africa......Page 42 PART TWO: THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATES IN AFRICA......Page 64 Two Power and Space in Precolonial Africa......Page 66 Three The Europeans and the African Problem ......Page 89 Four The Political Kingdom in Independent Africa ......Page 128 PART THREE: NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS......Page 168 Five National Design and the Broadcasting of Power ......Page 170 Six Chiefs, States, and the Land ......Page 204 PART FOUR: BOUNDARIES AND POWER ......Page 230 Seven The Coin of the African Realm ......Page 232 Eight The Politics of Migration and Citizenship ......Page 258 PART FIVE: CONCLUSION ......Page 280 Nine The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa Revised for the New Paperback Edition ......Page 282 Index......Page 304