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- catalog abstract ""Political Topographies of the African State shows that central rulers' power, ambitions, and strategies of control have always varied across subregions of the national space, even in countries reputed to be highly centralized. Catherine Boone argues that this unevenness reflects a state-building logic that is shaped by differences in the political economy of the regions - that is, by relations of property, production, and authority that determine the political clout and economic needs of regional-level elites. Center-provincial bargaining, rather than the unilateral choices of the center, is what drives the politics of national integration and determines how institutions distribute power. When devolution occurs, will we get local democracy, decentralized despotism, or disintegration of authority? Political Topographies shows why and how the answer can vary across space within a single national unit."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13045961.
- catalog coverage "Africa Politics and government.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Political Topographies of the African State shows that central rulers' power, ambitions, and strategies of control have always varied across subregions of the national space, even in countries reputed to be highly centralized.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Mapping Political Topography in Africa -- 3. Uneven Institutional Topography Within One State -- 4. Taxing Rich Peasants, Regime Ideology as Strategy -- 5. The Geopolitics of Late Development -- 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Catherine Boone argues that this unevenness reflects a state-building logic that is shaped by differences in the political economy of the regions - that is, by relations of property, production, and authority that determine the political clout and economic needs of regional-level elites. Center-provincial bargaining, rather than the unilateral choices of the center, is what drives the politics of national integration and determines how institutions distribute power.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-392) and index.".
- catalog description "When devolution occurs, will we get local democracy, decentralized despotism, or disintegration of authority? Political Topographies shows why and how the answer can vary across space within a single national unit."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 405 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521532647 (pb.)".
- catalog identifier "0521825571".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in comparative politics".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Africa Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Africa.".
- catalog subject "320.96 21".
- catalog subject "Central-local government relations Africa.".
- catalog subject "JQ1879.A15 B66 2003".
- catalog subject "Sociology, Rural Africa.".
- catalog subject "Tribal government Africa.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Mapping Political Topography in Africa -- 3. Uneven Institutional Topography Within One State -- 4. Taxing Rich Peasants, Regime Ideology as Strategy -- 5. The Geopolitics of Late Development -- 6. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Political topographies of the African state : territorial authority and institutional choice / Catherine Boone.".
- catalog type "text".