The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

  1. Home
  2. Society and Social Sciences
  1. Home
  2. Genres
  3. Society and Social Sciences
Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (African Issues)

Paperback • 1999 • English

Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (African Issues)

By Patrick Chabal, Jean-Pascal Daloz

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

How do political systems in Africa work? Is the "real" business of politics taking place outside the scope of standard political analysis, in an "informal" or more personalised setting? How are the prospects for reform and renewal in African societies affected by the emerging elites? Is "modernisation" in Africa different? Are there within African countries social, political and cultural factors which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? Relations...Show more

Society and Social Sciences

Book details

ISBN

9780253212870

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (African Issues)

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Theorizing in Comparative Politics Democratization in Africa

Theorizing in Comparative Politics Democratization in Africa

Goran Hyden

Africa Diversity and Development

Africa Diversity and Development

Tony Binns

Mapinduzi - A Red-Eyed View on Africa

Mapinduzi - A Red-Eyed View on Africa

Anders Köhler

Living Politics in South Africa's Urban Shacklands

Living Politics in South Africa's Urban Shacklands

Kerry Ryan Chance

Africa's Tarnished Name

Africa's Tarnished Name

Chinua Achebe

When Things Fell apart

When Things Fell apart

Robert H.

The State of Africa

The State of Africa

Martin Meredith

African Politics in Comparative Perspective

African Politics in Comparative Perspective

Goran Hyden

Africa Since Independence

Africa Since Independence

Paul Nugent

Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies

Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies

M. Anne Pitcher

War & Conflict in Africa

War & Conflict in Africa

Paul D.

The challenge for Africa

The challenge for Africa

Wars, Guns and Votes Democracy in Dangerous Places

Wars, Guns and Votes Democracy in Dangerous Places

Paul Collier

Africa - The Politics of Suffering and Smiling

Africa - The Politics of Suffering and Smiling

Patrick Chabal

The State in Africa

The State in Africa

Jean-Francois Bayart

Africa's Human Rights Architecture

Africa's Human Rights Architecture

Akokpari, John

Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

Benjamin Soares

The concepts & theories of modern democracy

The concepts & theories of modern democracy

Anthony H.

Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order

Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order

James Ferguson

African Intellectuals Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development

African Intellectuals Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development

Thandika Mkandawire

Vanguard Or Vandals

Vanguard Or Vandals

Jon Abbink

Negotiating Modernity Africa's Ambivalent Experience

Negotiating Modernity Africa's Ambivalent Experience

Elsio Salvado Macamo

Makers & Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

Makers & Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa

Alcinda Honwana

Africa's Media, Democracy and the Politics of Belonging

Africa's Media, Democracy and the Politics of Belonging

Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Makers & Breakers

Makers & Breakers

Alcinda Honwana

An Introduction to African Politics

An Introduction to African Politics

Alex Thomson

Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa

Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa

Bruce Berman

Reinventing Order in the Congo How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa

Reinventing Order in the Congo How People Respond to State Failure in Kinshasa

Theodore Trefon

Eastern and southern Africa

Eastern and southern Africa

Deborah Potts

Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa

Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa

Richard P. (EDT) Werbner

States and Power in Africa Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

States and Power in Africa Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control

Jeffrey Herbst

Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa

Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa

Naomi Chazan

The Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues)

The Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues)

Jean-François Bayart

Warlord Politics and African States

Warlord Politics and African States

William Reno

Africa

Africa

Blaine Harden

Explorations in African Systems of Thought

Explorations in African Systems of Thought

Ivan Karp

The Transfer of Power in Africa

The Transfer of Power in Africa

Prosser Gifford

Custom and Conflict in Africa

Custom and Conflict in Africa

Max Gluckman