Africa’s Big Men

Predatory State-Society Relations in Africa

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvKenneth Kalu,Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso,Toyin Falola,USA) Kalu, Kenneth (University of Texas at Austin,Nigeria) Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke (Babcock University,USA) Falola, Toyin (University of Texas at Austin

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This book spotlights, analyzes and explains varying forms and patterns of state-society relations on the African continent, taking as point of departure the complexities created by the emergence, proliferation and complicated interactions of so-called ‘big men’ across Africa's fifty-four states. The contributors interrogate the evolution of Africa’s big men; the role of the big men in Africa’s political and economic development; and the relationship between the state, the big men and the citizens.Throughout the chapters the contributors engage with a number of questions from different disciplinary and methodological orientations. How did these states evolve to exhibit various deformities in their composition, functioning and in their relations with the societies that they govern? What roles did Atlantic and other slavery and European colonialism play in creating states that are unable to display the right and good relationships with citizens in civil society? Why did these forms of predatory state-society relations continue to thrive in Africa after the end of Atlantic slave trade and subsequent colonialism? Why did the emerging African leaders at independence fail to effectively dismantle the structures of exploitation and expropriation that were the defining features of slavery and colonialism? Who are Africa’s ‘big men’, and what are their trajectories?This book is essential reading for all students and scholars of African politics, public policy and administration, political economy, and democratisation.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-04-03
Mått174 x 246 x 24 mm
Vikt632 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal Africa
Antal sidor272
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138559332

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Kenneth Kalu is Assistant Professor at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He was most recently a Visiting Research Scholar at The University of Texas at Austin, USA.Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Babcock University, Nigeria.Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Introduction: Kenneth E. Kalu, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso and Toyin FalolaSection A: Citizens, Citizenship, and State-Society RelationsChapter 1: The Postcolonial African State and its Citizens - Kenneth E. KaluChapter 2: Africa’s "Big Men" and the African State - Kenneth E. Kalu Chapter 3: Women, Inclusive Citizenship and the African State - Cheryl O’Brien and Adryan WallaceChapter 4: Women’s Political Empowerment and the Politics of Citizenship in Nigeria and Tanzania - Olajide O. AkanjiChapter 5: Digital Citizenship in Africa’s Fractured Social Order - Ogbonna Emmanuel ChijiokeSection B: Civil Society, Identities, and Big MenChapter 6: Civil Society and the African State - Alex Ng’omaChapter 7: Youth and Big Men Politics - Ngozi NwogwugwuChapter 8: Culture and Religion in Africa: Social Transformation and Tools for Exploitation - Susan KilonzoChapter 9: Pastocracy: Performing Pentecostal Politics in Africa - Abimbola Adunni AdelakunChapter 10: Ethnic Identity Politics and the Sustenance of Africa’s Predatory State - Gashawbeza W. Bekele and Adebayo OyebadeSection C: Democratic Impact of Predatory State-Society RelationsChapter 11: Accountability Theory and Democracy in Nigeria - Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso and Adigun AgbajeChapter 12: State-Society Relations and Nature of Economic Growth in Africa - Samuel ZalangaChapter 13: The Social Impact of Africa’s Predatory State-Society Relations - Samuel OloruntobaChapter 14: Africa’s "Big Men" in the Continent’s Democratic Experiments - Toochi Aniche

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