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When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

by Robert H Bates

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ISBN13: 9780521715256
ISBN10: 0521715253
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In the later decades of the 20th century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart, Robert H. Bates advances an explanation of state failure in Africa. In so doing, he not only plumbs the depths of the continent's late-century tragedy, but also the logic of political order and the foundations of the state. This book covers a wide range of territory by drawing on materials from Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia, and Congo. Written to be accessible to the general reader, it is nonetheless a must-read for scholars and policy makers concerned with political conflict and state failure.

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Robert H. Bates addresses the origins of state failure in late twentieth-century Africa.
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ISBN:
9780521715256
Subtitle:
State Failure in Late-Century Africa
Author:
Bates, Robert H
Author:
Bates, Robert H.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Subject:
History
Subject:
Politics and government
Subject:
General
Subject:
History & Theory - General
Subject:
Government - Comparative
Subject:
Africa - General
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Publication Date:
January 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
191
Dimensions:
8.52x5.60x.45 in. .57 lbs.
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