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The State in Africa

Paperback • 2009 • English • 1. edition

The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly

By Jean-Francois Bayart

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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 of the belly’ – an expression that refers not only to the necessities ...Show more

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ISBN

9780745644370

Publisher

Polity

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The State in Africa

Format

Paperback

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