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Political Topographies of the African State: Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice
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Catherine Boone examines political regionalism in Africa and how it affects forms of government, and prospects for democracy and development. Boone's study is set within the context of larger theories of political development in agrarian societies. It features a series of compelling case studies that focus on regions within Senegal, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire and ranges from 1930 to the present. The book will be of interest to readers concerned with comparative politics, Africa, development, regionalism and federalism, and ethnic politics. Multi-country study of politics and political development in Africa. Book places African political development in the mainstream of studies of state-formation in agrarian studies. Study combines macrosociology with choice-theoretic perspectives in Political Science.
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- Authors
- Schatzberg, M. G., & Boone, C.
- Venue
- The International Journal of African Historical Studies
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 2004
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 546
- ISSN
- 0361-7882 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1914296565
- Cited by
- 425
- References
- 139
- FWCI
- 53.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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