States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

311 Pages·2014·5.184 MB·English

by  Jeffrey Herbst

STATES AND POWER IN AFRICA
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STATES AND POWER
IN AFRICA
COMPARATIVE LESSONS IN
AUTHORITY AND CONTROL
Jeffrey Herbst
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Contents
Preface to the New Paperback Edition xi
Introduction 3
PART ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING
IN AFRICA 9
One
The Challenge of State-Building in Africa 11
PART TWO: THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATES
IN AFRICA 33
Two
Power and Space in Precolonial Africa 35
Three
The Europeans and the African Problem 58
Four
The Political Kingdom in Independent Africa 97
PART THREE: NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC
POLITICS 137
Five
National Design and the Broadcasting of Power 139
Six
Chiefs, States, and the Land 173
PART FOUR: BOUNDARIES AND POWER 199
Seven
The Coin of the African Realm 201
Eight
The Politics of Migration and Citizenship 227
PART FIVE: CONCLUSION 249
Nine
The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa 251
Revised for the New Paperback Edition

Index 273
Index 273

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Figures
1.1. Possible Paths to State Consolidation 28
2.1. Paths to State Consolidation in Precolonial Africa 57
3.1. Paths to State Consolidation in Colonial Africa 95
4.1. Government Revenue over Time 122
4.2. Expenditures and Deficits 123
4.3. Aid and Deficits 125
4.4. Paths to State Consolidation in Independent Africa 135
5.1. Countries with Difficult Political Geographies 148
5.2. Hinterland Countries 153
5.3. Countries with Favorable Geographies 156
5.4. Small Countries 158
5.5. Neutral Geography 160
5.6. Road Density over Time 165
5.7. Mali and D.R.O.C. Compared 168
Maps
2.1. A Reproduction of Bello’s Map of Central Africa 47
2.2. Map Drawn by Sultan Njoya of Bamum when offering his
Kingdom to British Suzerainty in 1915 48
3.1. European Penetration to 1880 67
3.2. The Scramble 68
3.3. Colonial Africa 69
Tables
1.1. Comparative Population Densities over Time 16
3.1. Road Density in Colonial Africa 86
4.1. Structure of Government Revenue 117
4.2. Comparative Structure of Central Government Revenue 120
5.1. African Countries by Size 146
5.2. African National Design 161
5.3. Road Density over Time 162