State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly

by Jean-François Bayart

Book Overview

The State in Africa is one of the important and compelling texts of comparative politics and historical sociology of the last twenty years. Bayart rejects the assumption of African 'otherness' based on stereotyped images of famine, corruption and civil war. Instead he invites the reader to see that African politics is like politics anywhere else in the world, not an exotic aberration.



Africans themselves speak of a 'politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745644376
• ISBN13: 9780745644370
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"