Catherine Boone

Political Topographies of the African State

Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice
Herausgeber: Bates, Robert H.; Lange, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

Catherine Boone examines political regionalism in Africa and how it affects forms of government, and prospects for democracy and development. Boone's study is set within the context of larger theories of political development in agrarian societies. It features a series of compelling case studies that focus on regions within Senegal, Ghana, and Cô te d'Ivoire and ranges from 1930 to the present. The book will be of interest to readers concerned with comparative politics, Africa, development, regionalism and federalism, and ethnic politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 834g
• ISBN-13: 9780521825573
• ISBN-10: 0521825571
• Artikelnr.: 22469188

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Mapping institutional topography
3.1 Uneven institutional topography within one state
3.2 Powersharing in Senegal's groundnut basin
3.3 Administrative occupation in Casamance
3.4 Conclusion
4.1 Taxing rich peasants: ideology as strategy
4.2 Usurping 'rightful rulers': Asante
4.3 'Local powers do not exist': southern Cote d'Ivoire
4.4 Conclusion
5.1 The geopolitics of late development
5.2 Path switching in northern Cote d'Ivoire
5.3 Path switching in the Senegal River Valley
5.4 Conclusion: why institutional strategies change
6. Conclusion.