Political domination in Africa: reflections on the limits of power

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Title:	Political domination in Africa: reflections on the limits of power
Editor:	Chabal, Patrick
Chapter(s):	Present
Year:	1986
Issue:	50
Pages:	211
Language:	English
Series:	African studies series (ISSN 0065-406X)
City of publisher:	Cambridge
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	0521322979; 0521311489
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	political science politics
Abstract:	A collection of eight contributions by historians and political scientists attempting to reassess the aims, methods, concepts and theories which Africanists have evolved in the decades since African independence. Contents: 1. Democracy in Africa, by R.L. SKLAR - 2. Politics and vision in Africa: the interplay of domination, equality and liberty, by T.M. CALLAGHY - 3. Democracy and ethnocentrism, by M. STANILAND - 4. Wails and whispers: the people's voice in West African Muslim politics, by D.B. CRUISE O'BRIEN - 5. Revolutionary democracy in Africa: the case of Guinea-Bissau, by P. CHABAL - 6. Civil society in Africa, by J.-F. BAYART - 7. Political accountability in African history, by J. LONSDALE - 8. The politics of representation and good government in post-colonial Africa, by J. DUNN.