This book challenges the long-held conventional wisdom that Africa is a post-colonial society of sovereign nation-states despite the outward attributes of statehood: demarcated territories, permanent populations, governments, national currencies, police, and armed forces. While it is true that Afric
The Illusion of the Post-colonial State: Governance and Security Challenges in Africa
β Scribed by W. Alade Fawole
- Publisher
- African Governance, Development, and Leadership
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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, ..
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