Statecraft and Nation Building in Africa: A Post-colonial Study (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789987160396)

This is a study of statecraft and nation building in Africa in the post-colonial era. Subjects covered include early years of independence, statehood and nationhood, autocracy, state legitimacy, the unitary state, constitutional primacy, federalism, confederalism, institutional transformation, political stability, quest for democracy, ethnonationalism, ethnopluralism, economic development, national integration, consolidation of the state, decentralisation, devolution, reconfiguration of the post-colonial state, and others. It focuses on case studies whose relevance is continental in scope.

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile
ISBN-10: 9987160395
ISBN-13: 9789987160396
Publisher: New Africa Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2014
Pages: 614
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.24d