State in Africa : the politics of the belly
Bayart, Jean-François.
State in Africa : the politics of the belly the politics of the belly / Jean-François Bayart. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009. - xc, 370 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The shadow theatre of ethnicity -- The unequal state: 'little men' and 'big men' -- The bourgeois illusion -- The opportunity state -- Conservative modernisation or social revolution? The extreme scenarios -- The reciprocal assimilation of elites: the hypothesis of an intermediate scenario -- The formation of a postcolonial historic bloc -- Entrepreneurs, factions and political networks -- The politics of the belly -- Conclusion: of terroirs and men.
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"The State in Africa is one of the most important and compelling texts of comparative politics and historical sociology of the last twenty years. Bayart rejects the assumption of African 'otherness' based on stereotyped images of famine, corruption and civil war and invites the reader to see that African politics is like politics anywhere else in the world, not an exotic aberration. Africans themselves speak of a 'politics of the belly' - an expression that refers not only to the necessities of survival but also to a complex array of cultural representations, notably those of the 'invisible' world of witchcraft. The 'politics of the belly' attests to a distinctively African trajectory of power that we need to understand as part of a long-term historical development. While acknowledging the insights of Western social scientists from Weber to Foucault, Bayart never loses sight of the realities of African politics and social life and he is careful to allow African voices - from the 'small boy' in the street to the 'big men' in the presidential palaces - to speak for themselves."--Book cover.
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2010.
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Translated from the French.
Since 1960
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Politik.
Politisches System.
Staat.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-
Africa--Economic conditions--1960-
Africa.
Afrika.
JQ1879 / .B37
320.96
State in Africa : the politics of the belly the politics of the belly / Jean-François Bayart. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009. - xc, 370 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The shadow theatre of ethnicity -- The unequal state: 'little men' and 'big men' -- The bourgeois illusion -- The opportunity state -- Conservative modernisation or social revolution? The extreme scenarios -- The reciprocal assimilation of elites: the hypothesis of an intermediate scenario -- The formation of a postcolonial historic bloc -- Entrepreneurs, factions and political networks -- The politics of the belly -- Conclusion: of terroirs and men.
Use copy
"The State in Africa is one of the most important and compelling texts of comparative politics and historical sociology of the last twenty years. Bayart rejects the assumption of African 'otherness' based on stereotyped images of famine, corruption and civil war and invites the reader to see that African politics is like politics anywhere else in the world, not an exotic aberration. Africans themselves speak of a 'politics of the belly' - an expression that refers not only to the necessities of survival but also to a complex array of cultural representations, notably those of the 'invisible' world of witchcraft. The 'politics of the belly' attests to a distinctively African trajectory of power that we need to understand as part of a long-term historical development. While acknowledging the insights of Western social scientists from Weber to Foucault, Bayart never loses sight of the realities of African politics and social life and he is careful to allow African voices - from the 'small boy' in the street to the 'big men' in the presidential palaces - to speak for themselves."--Book cover.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Translated from the French.
Since 1960
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Politik.
Politisches System.
Staat.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-
Africa--Economic conditions--1960-
Africa.
Afrika.
JQ1879 / .B37
320.96