| Encountering the Nigerian State 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Adebanwi, W. (Editor), Obadare, E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230622348 ISBN-13: 9780230622340 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - Social Science | Black Studies (global) - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 966.905 |
| LCCN: 2009044853 |
| Series: Africa Connects |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.97 lbs) 269 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter, that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape. |