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The State in Africa - An Analysis of Impacts of Historical Trajectories of Global Capitalist Expansion and Domination in the Continent (Paperback)
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The State in Africa - An Analysis of Impacts of Historical Trajectories of Global Capitalist Expansion and Domination in the Continent (Paperback)
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This book critically analyzes the complex relationship between the
African state and capitalist globalization. It describes in great
detail the significant effects of the various historical
trajectories of global capitalist expansion on the nature and
functions of the African state while focusing on the present
triumph of globalized neo-liberalism on the African continent. The
history of the state in Africa has been misread and misinterpreted
through the Eurocentric convictions of European African scholars
alike. The State in Africa has, since its colonial inception, has
served as the best possible political shell for capitalism,
enabling it to penetrate, again possession and establish itself
firmly and securely, regardless of institutional and leadership
instability at the helm. The glaring artificiality of the state in
Africa, coupled with the failure of the local ruling classes to
rise above the limitations of their provenance, is to blame for the
myriad crises of one-party authoritarianism, violent coups and
military dictatorship. It is also to blame for the progressive
alienation of the African people, and the prevailing crises of
identity and citizenship. Independence does not seem to have
changed much, as the state is still controlled by the most powerful
foreign, economically dominant class, which, has appropriated
political power as well to further compound the subjection and
exploitation of the oppressed Africans. Today the continent
continues to grapple with underdevelopment, civil wars, intra-state
conflicts, political instability, state failure and outright
collapse, thus calling into question the viability and
survivability of the Westphalian state model in Africa.
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