States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics 2nd Revised edition)
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States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics 2nd Revised edition)

States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics 2nd Revised edition)

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Jeffrey Herbst (Author) Jeffrey Herbst (Contributor)  

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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.
  • Contributor: Jeffrey Herbst
  • Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780691164137
  • Number of Pages: 312
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x235mm
  • Packaged Weight: 539
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Release Date: 2015-01-16
  • Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Jeffrey Herbst is president of Colgate University.

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