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The Illusion of the Post-Colonial State
Governance and Security Challenges in Africa
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2018
Summary
This book challenges the long-held conventional wisdom that Africa is a post-colonial society of sovereign nation-states despite the outward attributes of statehood: demarcated territories, permanent populations, governments, national currencies, police, and armed forces. While it is true that African nation-states have been gifted flag independence by their respective colonial masters, few have reached fully developed status as a secure nation-state. Most African nation-states have, since independence, been grappling with the crisis of state-building, nation-building, governance, and myriad security challenges which have been chronically exacerbated by the dynamics of the post-Cold War era. To focus merely on the agency of the African political elite and their inability to sustain functional modern nation-states misses the point. The central argument of the book is that an understanding of Africa’s contemporary governance and security challenges requires us to historicize the discourse surrounding nation-building and state-building throughout Africa.
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Edition
1/2018
Copyright Year
2018
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-6460-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-6461-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
236
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
Impact of the Cold War on Governance, Security, and Stability in Africa No access
Political Developments in Africa since the End of the Cold War No access
Conclusion No access
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Colonial Rule and the Political Architecture of the Post-Colonial State No access
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Imperialist Conspiracies and the Subversion of Post-Colonial Nation-States No access
Conclusion No access
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Britain and the Orchestration of Pseudo-Decolonization No access
Notes No access
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De Gaulle, Decolonization, Francafrique, and Relationship of Dependency No access
Conclusion: New Realities and Changes in France-Africa Relations No access
Notes No access
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Portugal in Africa: Colonial History as a Guide No access
Conclusion No access
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The United States and the Political and Economic Destabilization of Africa No access
Apartheid South Africa, Zimbabwe, and America’s Southern Africa Policy No access
Conclusion No access
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Historical Origin and the Creation of Nigeria as a Colonial State No access
Independence and the Illusion of the New Modern Nation-State No access
Postscript and Conclusion No access
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Mali and its Post-Colonial Instabilities No access
Conclusion No access
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Chapter 9 No access
Somalia No access
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Chapter 10 No access
Algeria No access
FIS and Descent into Dictatorship and Anarchy No access
Al Qaeda and the Rise of Jihadist Terrorism No access
Conclusion No access
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Chapter 11 No access
The Belgian Congo No access
Independence and State Collapse No access
After Mobutu: DR Congo and “Africa’s World War” No access
Conclusion No access
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Chapter 12 No access
Portugal, FRELIMO, and the War of Independence No access
External Interference, Instability, and Civil War No access
Conclusion No access
Notes No access
Chapter 13 No access
Africa and the Curse of Failing States No access
Nation-Building in the Post-Colony No access
Globalization and the Fate of the African State No access
