The Precarious balance : state and society in Africa / edited by Donald Rothchild and Naomi Chazan.

Since independence, the political institutions of many African states have undergone a process of consolidation and subsequent deterioration. Constrained by external economic dependency and an acute scarcity of economic and technical resources, state officials have demonstrated a diminished capacity...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Rothchild, Donald S. (Editor), Chazan, Naomi, 1946- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:African modernization and development series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Reordering state-society relations : incorporation and disengagement / Victor Azarya
  • The African colonial state and its political legacy / Crawford Young
  • The state and the development of capitalism in Africa : theoretical, historical, and comparative reflections / Thomas M. Callaghy
  • States without citizens : an emerging African phenomenon / John A.A. Ayoade
  • Patterns of state-society incorporation and disengagement in Africa / Naomi Chazan
  • The state, the parallel economy, and the changing structure of patronage systems / RenĂ© Lemarchand
  • Economic disengagement and class formation in Zaire / Janet MacGaffey
  • State responses to disintegration and withdrawal : adjustments in the political economy / Victor A. Olorunsola with Dan Muhwezi
  • Women and the state in Africa / Jane L. Parpart
  • African states and the politics of inclusive coalitions / Donald Rothchild and Michael W. Foley
  • Three levels of state reordering : the structural aspects / Kwame A. Ninsin
  • Redrawing the map of Africa? / John Ravenhill
  • State of crisis : international constraints, contradictions, and capitalisms? / Timothy M. Shaw
  • State and society in Africa : images and challenges / Naomi Chazan.