Backgrounder

This page contains reviews of the chapters from two books:

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Jeffrey I. Herbst. 2014. States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control. Princeton: Princeton University Press.


PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING
IN AFRICA
One: The Challenge of State-Building in Africa

PART TWO: THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATES
IN AFRICA
Two: Power and Space in Precolonial Africa
Three: The Europeans and the African Problem 

Four: The Political Kingdom in Independent Africa

PART THREE: NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC
POLITICS
Five: National Design and the Broadcasting of Power
Six: Chiefs, States, and the Land

PART FOUR: BOUNDARIES AND POWER
Seven: The Coin of the African Realm
Eight: The Politics of Migration and Citizenship

PART FIVE: CONCLUSION
Nine: The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa

Kevin C Dunn and Pierre Englebert; 2019. Inside African politics. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

1 Why African Politics Matter
2 The Evolution of African States
3 People, Identity, and Politics
4 The Practice of Power
5 Regime Types Across the Spectrum
6 The Economic Dimensions of African Politics
7 War, Conflict, and Security
8 The International Relations of African States 

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