| Statecraft and Nation Building in Africa: A Post-colonial Study Contributor(s): Mwakikagile, Godfrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 9987160395 ISBN-13: 9789987160396 Publisher: New Africa Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.78 lbs) 614 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a study of statecraft and nation building in Africa in the post-colonial era. Subjects covered include early years of independence, statehood and nationhood, autocracy, state legitimacy, the unitary state, constitutional primacy, federalism, confederalism, institutional transformation, political stability, quest for democracy, ethnonationalism, ethnopluralism, economic development, national integration, consolidation of the state, decentralisation, devolution, reconfiguration of the post-colonial state, and others. It focuses on case studies whose relevance is continental in scope. |