Mahmood Mamdani

Broschiertes Buch

Citizen and Subject

Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

Beschreibung

In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. Many writers have understood

Autor

Mahmood Mamdani is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department at Columbia University. His many books include Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror.

Produktdetails

• Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780691180427
• ISBN-10: 0691180423
• Artikelnr.: 49312611