{"product_id":"states-and-power-in-africa-9780691164137","title":"States and Power in Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published: A2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Winner of the 2001 Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association \"This ambitious and original book turns a comparative historical lens on state-building in Africa... A brave effort to rethink some outdated approaches to fundamental problems.\"--Foreign Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the New Paperback Edition xi  Introduction 3  PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING IN AFRICA 9  1 The Challenge of State-Building in Africa 11  PART TWO: THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATES IN AFRICA 33  2 Power and Space in Precolonial Africa 35  3 The Europeans and the African Problem 58  4 The Political Kingdom in Independent Africa 97  PART THREE: NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS 137  5 National Design and the Broadcasting of Power 139  6 Chiefs, States, and the Land 173  PART FOUR: BOUNDARIES AND POWER 199  7 The Coin of the African Realm 201  8 The Politics of Migration and Citizenship 227  PART FIVE: CONCLUSION 249  9 The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa, Revised for the New Paperback Edition 251  Index 273","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359111086423,"sku":"9780691164137","price":78.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691164137.jpg?v=1754123630","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/states-and-power-in-africa-9780691164137","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}