State-building, Postcolonialism, Environmental determinism, Comparative politics, International relations,
Published
2000 (Princeton University Press)
Media type
Hardcover, Paperback
Pages
280 pages (paperback)
ISBN
0-691-01028-5 (paperback)
LC Class
JQ1875.H47 2000
States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control is a book on African state-building by Jeffrey Herbst, former Professor of Politics and International Affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. The book was a co-winner of the 2001 Gregory Luebbert Book Award from the American Political Science Association in comparative politics.[1] It was also a finalist for the 2001 Herskovits Prize awarded by the African Studies Association.[2]
This book attempts to explain the lack of robust institutions and the prevalence of state failure in Africa. The work is heavily influenced by the scholarship of Charles Tilly and Max Weber. Both writers emphasize the role of war in the consolidation of state power over well-defined territories.[3]
^"Herbst, J.: States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control. (Second Edition) (eBook, Paperback and Hardcover)". press.princeton.edu. Princeton University Press. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
^Jones, Loree. "FYI: (US) ASA Herskovits Award Finalists". h-net.msu.edu. Humanities and Social Science Online Logs. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
^Robinson, James (June 2002). "States and Power in Africa: By Jeffrey I. Herbst: A Review Essay". Journal of Economic Literature. 40 (2): 510–19. doi:10.1257/002205102320161357.
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