Africa Works by Patrick Chabal
An examination of the political instrumentalization of disorder. Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? In association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press
.. provocative new book... -- Martin Woollacott * THE GUARDIAN *
...for those interested in international affairs, but lacking detailed knowledge of Africa, if you read only one book about Africa this year it should be this one. Two distinguished scholars of Africa have written a short, lucid and astringent corrective to the lazy complacency of much conventional wisdom about the plight of the continent. Indeed, if all the litany of disaster is true, it is astonishing that anything works in Africa at all. And yet it does. -- Gwyn Prins * INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS *
...Despite its iconoclastic tenor, however, the book's value is paradoxically as a good summary of the present orthodoxy in the study of African politics -- Jan Kees Van Donge * COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS *
...for those interested in international affairs, but lacking detailed knowledge of Africa, if you read only one book about Africa this year it should be this one. Two distinguished scholars of Africa have written a short, lucid and astringent corrective to the lazy complacency of much conventional wisdom about the plight of the continent. Indeed, if all the litany of disaster is true, it is astonishing that anything works in Africa at all. And yet it does. -- Gwyn Prins * INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS *
...Despite its iconoclastic tenor, however, the book's value is paradoxically as a good summary of the present orthodoxy in the study of African politics -- Jan Kees Van Donge * COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780852558140 |
| ISBN 10 | 0852558147 |
| Title | Africa Works |
| Author | Patrick Chabal |
| Series | African Issues |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | James Currey |
| Year published | 1999-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |