Predatory Rule: State and Civil Society in Africa. (book reviews)

Robert Fatton's coverage of the specificities of politics and class in Africa as well as the review and evaluation of the origins, depth, and implications of Africa's deepening crisis, provides a very refreshing departure from the more mainstream, even "radical" works which have come to dominate the field of African studies.

As well, Predatory Rule moves away from the revisionist euphoria which seized African Studies with the disintegration of the Soviet Union as a nation and superpower. Rather than accede to Francis Fukuyama's position on the "end of history," ...

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