Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333550786)

This book takes as its theme the ways in which governments legitimate their rule, both to themselves and to their subjects. Its introduction explores legitimacy and pre-colonial states, but the three sections of the book deal with colonial legitimacy, the question of legitimation in the transition from colonialism to majority rule, and the contemporary debate about accountability.

Author: Terence Ranger
ISBN-10: 0333550781
ISBN-13: 9780333550786
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/14/1993
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d