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Predatory Rule : State and Civil Society in Africa /

Fatton Jr., Robert

Predatory Rule : State and Civil Society in Africa / Robert Fatton Jr. - 1 online resource (176 p.)

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION: DRAWING THE MAP -- 2 STATE, SITES, AND HEGEMONY -- 3 THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL MONARCHISM IN AFRICA -- 4 CIVIL SOCIETY, EMANCIPATION, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF HIERARCHIES -- 5 CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIC UNCERTAINTIES -- 6 ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ADJUSTMENT: THE IMPACT ON THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN AFRICA -- 7 CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR

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A broad, comparative study of African systems of governance, it argues that, in spite of contradictory practices and institutional clashes, state and civil society are two aspects of an organic totality.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781685856076

10.1515/9781685856076 doi


POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.