States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control /
Herbst, Jeffrey Ira.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The challenge of state-building in Africa -- Power and space in precolonial Africa -- The Europeans and the African problem -- The political kingdom in independent Africa -- National design and the broadcasting of power -- Chiefs, states, and the land -- The coin and the African realm -- The politics of migration and citizenship -- The past and the future of state power in Africa.
Power (Social sciences)