Africa Works - (African Issues) by Patrick Chabal & Jean-Pascal Daloz (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>How do political systems in Africa work? Is the "realbusiness of politics taking place outside the scope of standard political analysis, in an "informalor more personalised setting? How are the prospects for reform and renewal in African societies affected by the emerging elites? Is "modernisationin Africa different? Are there within African countries social, political and cultural factors which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development?Relations of power between rulers and the ruled continue to inform the role of the state and the expectations of the newly emphasized civil society. The question of identity, the resurgence of ethnicity and its attendant "tribalpolitics, the growing importance of African religions and the increasing resort to extreme and often ritualised violence in situations of civil disorder, point to a process of "re-traditionalisingin African societiesAfrican Issues, edited by Alex de WaalFebruary 1999 192 pp 5 x 8 Index<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>How do political systems in Africa work? Is the real business of politics taking place outside the scope of standard political analysis, in an informal or more personalised setting? How are the prospects for reform and renewal in African societies affected by the emerging elites? Is modernisation in Africa different? Are there within African countries social, political and cultural factors which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development?</p><p>Relations of power between rulers and the ruled continue to inform the role of the state and the expectations of the newly emphasized civil society. The question of identity, the resurgence of ethnicity and its attendant tribal politics, the growing importance of African religions and the increasing resort to extreme and often ritualised violence in situations of civil disorder, point to a process of re-traditionalising in African societies</p><p>African Issues, edited by Alex de Waal<br/>February 1999 192 pp 5 x 8 Index</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Patrick Chabal is Professor of Lusophone African Studies at King's College, London.</p><p>Jean-Pascal Daloz is a Senior CNRS Researcher at the Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire in Bordeaux.</p>
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