Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism
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Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism
(Princeton studies in culture/power/history)
Fountain Publishers , J. Currey, c1996
- : Uganda
- : UK
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This exploration of African politics is set in the historical context of colonialism, and includes such topics as despotism, the peasant movements, tribalism, and migrant workers in South Africa.
North America: Princeton U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers
Table of Contents
- Part One The structure of power: decentralized despotism
- indirect rule - the politics of decentralized despotism
- customary la - the theory of decentralized despotism
- the native authority and the free peasantry. Part Two The anatomy of resistance: the other face of tribalism - peasant movements in equatorial Africa
- the rural in the urban - migrant workers in South Africa
- conclusion - linking the urban and the rural.
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