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A comparative study of African systems of governance, ""Predatory Rule"" argues that, in spite of contradictory practices and institutional clashes, state and civil society are two aspects of an organic totality. Fatton attempts to move beyond the bifurcated understanding of African politics as a field of deadly struggles on which a ""soft"" authoritarian state opposes an emerging democratic civil society. His alternative conceptualisation of the African social order is based on the dialectical interdependence osf state and civil society. Examining how the state functions as the governing classes' structure of dominance and as the principal instrument of their predatory rule, he explores how, in resisting the incursions of the state, civil society offers autonomous venues for the collective expression of subordinate class grievances, while paradoxically fortifying the governing classes' dominance. ""Predatory Rule"" also addresses how the dialectical interaction between state and civil society creates contradictory processes of class formation and disarticulation. Fatton suggests that such processes both foster and undermine democratic forms of governance throughout the continent.
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A comparative study of African systems of governance, ""Predatory Rule"" argues that, in spite of contradictory practices and institutional clashes, state and civil society are two aspects of an organic totality. Fatton attempts to move beyond the bifurcated understanding of African politics as a field of deadly struggles on which a ""soft"" authoritarian state opposes an emerging democratic civil society. His alternative conceptualisation of the African social order is based on the dialectical interdependence osf state and civil society. Examining how the state functions as the governing classes' structure of dominance and as the principal instrument of their predatory rule, he explores how, in resisting the incursions of the state, civil society offers autonomous venues for the collective expression of subordinate class grievances, while paradoxically fortifying the governing classes' dominance. ""Predatory Rule"" also addresses how the dialectical interaction between state and civil society creates contradictory processes of class formation and disarticulation. Fatton suggests that such processes both foster and undermine democratic forms of governance throughout the continent.
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Predatory Rule: State and Civil Society in Africa
Anbieter: Fables Books, Goshen, IN, USA
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Zustand: good. This item has a different cover than shown in the listing, but shares the same ISBN. A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Excellent condition for a former library book. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Does not appear to have come with a dustjacket originally. The pages appear unmarked. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller! Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers FBV.1555873448.G
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Predatory Rule: State and Civil Society in Africa
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Lynne Rienner, Boulder, Colo, 1992
ISBN 10: 1555873448
ISBN 13: 9781555873448
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Anbieter: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Ex-lib copy w/ top text-block edge stamped, outer labels neatly removed; contents clean, binding tight. viii, 165 p. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1100313.26