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A new paradigm of the African state : fundi wa Afrika
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A new paradigm of the African state : fundi wa Afrika / Mueni wa Muiu and Guy Martin.
ISBN
9780230618312
0230618316
0230607802
9781349374564
1349374563
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (xii, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Summary
Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destruction through successive exogenous processes including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism or globalization.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave political & international studies collection 2009.
Other formats
Print version: Muiu, Mueni wa. New paradigm of the African state. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Rationale for a New Theory of the African State
Theories of the African State: Modernization, Dependency, and Statist
Reconstructionist Theories of the African State
Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions
The African Colonial and Post-Colonial State
Genocide: African Natural Resources and the West
Africa in the World Economy: Globalization and Re-Colonization
The Congo State in Historical Perspective I: Indigenous Congolese Political Systems and Institutions
The Congo State in Historical Perspective II: From the Congo Free State to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Africa: Indigenous African Political Institutions and the Foreign Encounter
South Africa: Indigenous African Political Institutions
South Africa: Apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC), and Public Service Delivery by the ANC Government, 1948-2006
Fundi Wa Afrika: A New Paradigm of the African State
Conclusion: Toward a Federation of African States.
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