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The illusion of the post-colonial state : governance and security challenges in Africa
- Title
- The illusion of the post-colonial state : governance and security challenges in Africa / W. Alade Fawole.
- Author
- Fawole, W. Alade
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 235 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- African governance and development
- Uniform Title
- African governance and development.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface: is Africa post-colonial, neo-colonial, or post-colonized? -- Part I: Colonial rule, disengagement and the post-colonial state -- Introduction and conceptual discourse -- Colonial rule and the political architecture of the post-colonial state -- The grant of independence: imperialist conspiracy and the subversion of the post-colonial state -- Britain and the orchestration of pseudo-decolonization -- The role of France in the subversion of the post-colonial state -- Portugal: forced decolonization and its consequences -- The United States and the political and economic destabilization of Africa -- Part II: Regional examples of illusive post-colonial states -- Nigeria: the illusive post-colony -- Mali: from instability to insurgency and near obliteration -- Somalia: from state collapse to rogue state -- Algeria: descent into dictatorship -- Democratic republic of Congo: the colony that never became a state -- Mozambique: from revolutionary possibilities to contrived instability and state failure -- Contemporary nation-building, governance, and security challenges in Africa -- Conclusion: The illusive post-colonial state: what hope for survival?
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-1433
- ISBN
- 9781498564601
- 1498564607
- LCCN
- 2018009170
- 40028319840
- 40028301149
- OCLC
- 1027823382
- Author
- Fawole, W. Alade, author.
- Title
- The illusion of the post-colonial state : governance and security challenges in Africa / W. Alade Fawole.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- African governance and developmentAfrican governance and development.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 4002831984040028301149
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-1433