When Things Fell Apart - State Failure in Late-Century Africa

Klappentext Explores Africa in the late 20th century, focusing on the logic of political order and the foundations of the state. Zusammenfassung In the later decades of the twentieth century! Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed! governments became predators! and citizens took up arms. This book covers a wide range of territory by drawing on materials from Rwanda! Sudan! Liberia! and Congo to explore state failure in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. From fable to fact; Part II. Sewing the Seeds: 3. Political legacies; 4. Policy choices; 5. Subnational tensions; Part III. Things Fell Apart: 6. Things fell apart; 7. Conclusion; Part IV: Appendix.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert H. Bates
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107569805
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56980-5
• Seiten: 202
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Canto Classics; Canto Classics
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung