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Contemporary West African States

By Donal Cruise O'Brien; John Dunn; Richard Rathbone

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521368936, 9780521368933, 0521363667, 9780521363662, 9780511521614
LCC
DT476.5 .C66 1990
Open Library ID
OL2191015M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1682116 bytes)
Series
African Studies 65
Edition
digital printing
Pages
236\235
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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