W. Alade Fawole

The Illusion of the Post-Colonial State

Governance and Security Challenges in Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• African Governance, Development, and Leadership
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9781498564601
• ISBN-10: 1498564607
• Artikelnr.: 51795003

Autorenporträt

W. Alade Fawole is professor in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Is Africa Post-Colonial, Neo-colonial, or Post-Colonized? Part I:
Colonial Rule, Disengagement and the Post-Colonial State Introduction and
Conceptual Discourse Chapter 1: Colonial Rule and the Political
Architecture of the Post-Colonial State Chapter 2: The Grant of
Independence: Imperialist Conspiracy and the Subversion of the
Post-Colonial State Chapter 3: Britain and the Orchestration of
Pseudo-Decolonization Chapter 4: The Role of France in the Subversion of
the Post-Colonial State Chapter 5: Portugal: Forced Decolonization and its
Consequences Chapter 6: The United States and the Political and Economic
Destabilization of Africa Part II: Regional Examples of Illusive
Post-Colonial States Chapter 7: Nigeria: The Illusive Post-Colony Chapter
8: Mali: From Instability to Insurgency and Near Obliteration Chapter 9:
Somalia: From State Collapse to Rogue State Chapter 10: Algeria: Descent
into Dictatorship Chapter 11: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Colony that
Never Became a State Chapter 12: Mozambique: From Revolutionary
Possibilities to Contrived Instability and State Failure Chapter 13:
Contemporary Nation-Building, Governance, and Security Challenges in Africa
Conclusion: The Illusive Post-Colonial State: What Hope for Survival?