The State in Africa: The Politics of the BellySubjects covered include: the unequal state: "little men" and " big men" (chap. 2); the opportunity state (chap. 4); the nuances of compromise (part of chap. 5); the reciprocal assimilation of elites: the hypothesis of an intermediate scenario (chap. 6); the formation of a postcolonial historic bloc (chap. 7); entrepreneurs, factions and political networks (chap. 8); the politics of the belly (chap. 9). |
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Introduction | 1 |
The shadow Theatre of Ethnicity | 41 |
Little Men and Big Men | 60 |
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