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Description for Africa
Paperback. Articulates the manner in which international sovereignty is translated into domestic legal command. Combining theory, cross-national quantitative methods, and case studies, this book reveals a pattern of reproduction of a predatory, dysfunctional state in which human integrity is sacrificed to its territorial counterpart. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Though the demise of one or another African state has been heralded for nearly five decades, the map of the continent remains virtually unchanged. By and large, these states are judged failures. And yet they endure. Pierre Englebert asks: why do these oppressive and exploitative, yet otherwise ineffective, structures remain broadly unchallenged? Why do Africans themselves, who have received little in the way of security, basic welfare, or development, continue to embrace their states and display surprising levels of nationalist fervor? He finds his answer in the benefits that sovereign weak states offer to Africa's regional and national elites - ... Read more
Though the demise of one or another African state has been heralded for nearly five decades, the map of the continent remains virtually unchanged. By and large, these states are judged failures. And yet they endure. Pierre Englebert asks: why do these oppressive and exploitative, yet otherwise ineffective, structures remain broadly unchallenged? Why do Africans themselves, who have received little in the way of security, basic welfare, or development, continue to embrace their states and display surprising levels of nationalist fervor? He finds his answer in the benefits that sovereign weak states offer to Africa's regional and national elites - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781588266231
SKU
V9781588266231
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About Pierre Englebert
Pierre Englebert is associate professor of politics at Pomona College.
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