advertisement
On MP3.com: MP3.com Editors blog it up!
Find Articles in:
all
Business
Reference
Technology
News
Sports
Health
Autos
Arts
Home & Garden
advertisement
Most Popular White Papers
advertisement

Power in Africa: An Essay in Political Interpretation. (book reviews)

American Political Science Review,  September, 1993  by O'Meara, Patrick

premiumContent provided
in partnership with
premium

Patrick Chabal, Reader in History and Politics of Africa at King's College, University of London, states at the outset that it is "an old fashioned book" aimed at stimulating a "debate about the interpretation of politics in post-colonial Africa. His basic assumption is that today Africa is in crisis; it suffers from astronomical debt problems, corruption is widespread, development has been stifled and that a large number of people suffer as a consequence.

He correctly believes that for too long, analysts have focused on the uniqueness of Africa rather than ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.