Illusion of the Post-Colonial State

Governance and Security Challenges in Africa

AvW. Alade Fawole

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-01
Mått:159 x 231 x 25 mm
Vikt:562 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:African Governance, Development, and Leadership
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498564601

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W. Alade Fawole is professor in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University.

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In The Illusion of the Post-Colonial State, William Fawole artfully and intelligently rewrites the political science rulebook on the African postcolonial state. Taking a distinctive multi-disciplinary and multi-country approach, Fawole takes the reader on an illuminating tour of the discursive milestones in the evolution of a much-contested institution. The result is a bracing and historically grounded analysis that will appeal equally to students of Africa’s international relations, postcolonial history, state-society relations, foreign policy, and democratization.

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Preface: Is Africa Post-Colonial, Neo-colonial, or Post-Colonized?Part I: Colonial Rule, Disengagement and the Post-Colonial StateIntroduction and Conceptual DiscourseChapter 1: Colonial Rule and the Political Architecture of the Post-Colonial StateChapter 2: The Grant of Independence: Imperialist Conspiracy and the Subversion of the Post-Colonial StateChapter 3: Britain and the Orchestration of Pseudo-DecolonizationChapter 4: The Role of France in the Subversion of the Post-Colonial StateChapter 5: Portugal: Forced Decolonization and its ConsequencesChapter 6: The United States and the Political and Economic Destabilization of AfricaPart II: Regional Examples of Illusive Post-Colonial StatesChapter 7: Nigeria: The Illusive Post-ColonyChapter 8: Mali: From Instability to Insurgency and Near ObliterationChapter 9: Somalia: From State Collapse to Rogue StateChapter 10: Algeria: Descent into DictatorshipChapter 11: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Colony that Never Became a StateChapter 12: Mozambique: From Revolutionary Possibilities to Contrived Instability and State FailureChapter 13: Contemporary Nation-Building, Governance, and Security Challenges in AfricaConclusion: The Illusive Post-Colonial State: What Hope for Survival?