W. Alade Fawole

The Illusion of the Post-Colonial State (eBook, ePUB)

Governance and Security Challenges in Africa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book challenges the long-held conventional wisdom that Africa is a post-colonial society of sovereign nation-states despite the outward attributes of statehood: demarcated territories, permanent populations, governments, national currencies, police, and armed forces. While it is true that African nation-states have been gifted flag independence by their respective colonial masters, few have reached fully developed status as a secure nation-state. Most African nation-states have, since independence, been grappling with the crisis of state-building, nation-building, governance, and myriad security challenges which have been chronically exacerbated by the dynamics of the post-Cold War era. To focus merely on the agency of the African political elite and their inability to sustain functional modern nation-states misses the point. The central argument of the book is that an understanding of Africa's contemporary governance and security challenges requires us to historicize the discourse surrounding nation-building and state-building throughout Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498564618
• Artikelnr.: 52618114

Autorenporträt

By W. Alade Fawole

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Is Africa Post-Colonial, Neo-colonial, or Post-Colonized? Part I:
Colonial Rule, Disengagement and the Post-Colonial State Introduction and
Conceptual Discourse Chapter 1: Colonial Rule and the Political
Architecture of the Post-Colonial State Chapter 2: The Grant of
Independence: Imperialist Conspiracy and the Subversion of the
Post-Colonial State Chapter 3: Britain and the Orchestration of
Pseudo-Decolonization Chapter 4: The Role of France in the Subversion of
the Post-Colonial State Chapter 5: Portugal: Forced Decolonization and its
Consequences Chapter 6: The United States and the Political and Economic
Destabilization of Africa Part II: Regional Examples of Illusive
Post-Colonial States Chapter 7: Nigeria: The Illusive Post-Colony Chapter
8: Mali: From Instability to Insurgency and Near Obliteration Chapter 9:
Somalia: From State Collapse to Rogue State Chapter 10: Algeria: Descent
into Dictatorship Chapter 11: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Colony that
Never Became a State Chapter 12: Mozambique: From Revolutionary
Possibilities to Contrived Instability and State Failure Chapter 13:
Contemporary Nation-Building, Governance, and Security Challenges in Africa
Conclusion: The Illusive Post-Colonial State: What Hope for Survival?