Africa's big men: predatory state-society relations in Africa

Introduction / Kenneth Kalu, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso and Toyin Falola -- The postcolonial African state and its citizens / Kenneth Kalu -- Africas "big men" and the African state / Kenneth Kalu -- Women, inclusive citizenship and the African state / Cheryl O'Brien and Adryan Wallace --...

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Authors: Adelakun, Abimbola (Author) ; Agbaje, Adigun 1957- (Author) ; Akanji, Olajide O. (Author) ; Aniche, Ernest Toochi 1978- (Author) ; Bekele, Gashawbeza W. (Author) ; Kilonzo, Susan Mbula (Author) ; Ng'oma, Alex Mwamba (Author) ; Nwogwugwu, Ngozi (Author) ; O'Brien, Cheryl (Author) ; Ogbonna, Emmanuel Chijioke (Author) ; Oyebade, Adebayo (Author) ; Wallace, Adryan (Author) ; Zalanga, Samuel (Author)
Contributors: Kalu, Kenneth (Editor) ; Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke (Editor) ; Falola, Toyin 1953- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Routledge 2018
In:Year: 2018
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Global Africa 7
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Society / State / Democratization / Elite
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Africa Social conditions 1960-
B Africa Politics and government 1960-
B Empowerment
B Political participation
B Political Culture Africa
B Dictatorship (Africa)
B Africa Social conditions 1960- Africa
B Cause
B Dictatorship
B Teenagers
B Woman
B Politics and government
B Missstand
B Africa Politics and government 1960-
B Citizen of a country
B Political Culture (Africa)
B Africa
B Civil society
B Social Conditions
B Political leadership
B Authoritarianism
B State
B Dictatorship Africa
B Political Culture
B Society
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Summary:Introduction / Kenneth Kalu, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso and Toyin Falola -- The postcolonial African state and its citizens / Kenneth Kalu -- Africas "big men" and the African state / Kenneth Kalu -- Women, inclusive citizenship and the African state / Cheryl O'Brien and Adryan Wallace -- Women's political empowerment and the politics of citizenship in Nigeria and Tanzania / Olajide A. Akanji -- Digital citizenship in Africa's fractured social order / Emmanuel Chijioke Ogbonna -- Civil society and the African state / Alex Ng'oma -- Youth and big men politics / Ngozi Nwogwugwu -- Culture and religion in Africa: social transformation and tools for exploitation / Susan Mbula Kilonzo -- Pastocracy: performing pentecostal politics in Africa / Abimbola Adunni Adelakun -- Ethnic identity politics and the sustenance of Africa's predatory state / Gashawbeza W. Bekele and Adebayo Oyebade -- Accountability theory and democracy in Nigeria / Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso and Adigun Agbaje -- State-society relations and nature of economic growth in Africa / Samuel Zalanga -- The social impact of Africa's predatory state-society relations / Samuel O. Oloruntoba -- Africa's "big men" in the continent's democratic experiments / Ernest Toochi Aniche
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0203712870