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Klappentext Catherine Boone examines political regionalism in Africa and how it affects forms of government! and prospects for democracy and development. Boone's study is set within the context of larger theories of political development in agrarian societies. It features a series of compelling case studies that focus on regions within Senegal! Ghana! and Cô te d'Ivoire and ranges from 1930 to the present. The book will be of interest to readers concerned with comparative politics! Africa! development! regionalism and federalism! and ethnic politics. Zusammenfassung This 2003 study brings Africa into the mainstream of studies of state-formation in agrarian societies. Territorial integration is the challenge: institutional linkages and political deals that bind center and periphery are the solutions. Six sub-regions of three West African countries - Senegal! Cote d'Ivoire! and Ghana - are the backbone of the study. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Mapping institutional topography; 3.1 Uneven institutional topography within one state; 3.2 Powersharing in Senegal's groundnut basin; 3.3 Administrative occupation in Casamance; 3.4 Conclusion; 4.1 Taxing rich peasants: ideology as strategy; 4.2 Usurping 'rightful rulers': Asante; 4.3 'Local powers do not exist': southern Cote d'Ivoire; 4.4 Conclusion; 5.1 The geopolitics of late development; 5.2 Path switching in northern Cote d'Ivoire; 5.3 Path switching in the Senegal River Valley; 5.4 Conclusion: why institutional strategies change; 6. Conclusion.
