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Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010

Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010

Young, Crawford

Paperback

Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0299291448
ISBN13: 9780299291440
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Jun 1 2009
Pages: 488
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In The Postcolonial State in Africa, Crawford Young offers an informed and authoritative comparative overview of fifty years of African independence, drawing on his decades of research and first-hand experience on the African continent.
Young identifies three cycles of hope and disappointment common to many of the African states (including those in North Africa) over the last half-century: initial euphoria at independence in the 1960s followed by disillusionment with a lapse into single-party autocracies and military rule; a period of renewed confidence, radicalization, and ambitious state expansion in the 1970s preceding state crisis and even failure in the disastrous 1980s; and a phase of reborn optimism during the continental wave of democratization beginning around 1990. He explores in depth the many African civil wars--especially those since 1990--and three key tracks of identity: Africanism, territorial nationalism, and ethnicity.

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