Donal Cruise O'Brien

Contemporary West African States

Herausgeber: Dunn, John; Rathbone, Richard

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Produktbeschreibung

A provocative contribution to the debate on the nature of the state and political processes in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780521368933
• ISBN-10: 0521368936
• Artikelnr.: 21548502

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Preface
1. Introduction Donal B. Cruise O'Brien and Richard Rathbone
2. Burkino Faso: between feeble and state and total state, the swing continues Rene Otayek
3. Cameroon Jean-Francois Bayart
4. Chad: the narrow escape of an African state, 1965-1987 Robert Buijtenhuijs
5. Cote d'Ivoire: analysing the crisis Yves A. Faure
6. Ghana: the political economy of personal rule Richard Jeffries
7. Liberia Christopher Clapham
8. Nigeria: power for profit: class, corporatism, and factionalism in the military Shehu Othman
9. Senegal Christian Coulon and Donal B. Cruise O'Brien
10. Sierra Leone: state, consolidation, fragmentation and decay Fred M. Hayward
11. Conclusion John Dunn.