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Informationen zum Autor W. Alade Fawole is professor in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University. Klappentext This broadly interdisciplinary book offers deep insight into Africa's colonial history for an understanding and explication of contemporary governance crises, security challenges, and state failure on the continent. It traverses political science, political economy, sociology, African history, and African studies in general. Zusammenfassung This broadly interdisciplinary book offers deep insight into Africa’s colonial history for an understanding and explication of contemporary governance crises, security challenges, and state failure on the continent. It traverses political science, political economy, sociology, African history, and African studies in general. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Is Africa Post-Colonial, Neo-colonial, or Post-Colonized?Part I: Colonial Rule, Disengagement and the Post-Colonial StateIntroduction and Conceptual DiscourseChapter 1: Colonial Rule and the Political Architecture of the Post-Colonial StateChapter 2: The Grant of Independence: Imperialist Conspiracy and the Subversion of the Post-Colonial StateChapter 3: Britain and the Orchestration of Pseudo-DecolonizationChapter 4: The Role of France in the Subversion of the Post-Colonial StateChapter 5: Portugal: Forced Decolonization and its ConsequencesChapter 6: The United States and the Political and Economic Destabilization of AfricaPart II: Regional Examples of Illusive Post-Colonial StatesChapter 7: Nigeria: The Illusive Post-ColonyChapter 8: Mali: From Instability to Insurgency and Near ObliterationChapter 9: Somalia: From State Collapse to Rogue StateChapter 10: Algeria: Descent into DictatorshipChapter 11: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Colony that Never Became a StateChapter 12: Mozambique: From Revolutionary Possibilities to Contrived Instability and State FailureChapter 13: Contemporary Nation-Building, Governance, and Security Challenges in AfricaConclusion: The Illusive Post-Colonial State: What Hope for Survival?...
