Description
Africa is a continent of 54 countries and over a billion people. However, despite the rich diversity of the African experience, it is striking that continuations and themes seem to be reflected across the continent, particularly south of the Sahara. Questions of underdevelopment, outside exploitation, and misrule are characteristic of manyif not most-states in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In this Very Short Introduction Ian Taylor explores how politics is practiced on the African continent, considering the nature of the state in Sub-Saharan Africa and why its state structures are generally weaker than elsewhere in the world. Exploring the historical and contemporary factors which account for Africas underdevelopment, he also analyses why some African countries suffer from high levels of political violence while others are spared. Unveiling the ways in which African state and society actually function beyond the formal institutional facade, Taylor discusses how external factorsboth inherited and contemporaryact upon the continent.
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Author: Ian Taylor
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/01/2018
Series: Very Short Introductions
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780198806578
Language: English
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