When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa
by Robert H. Bates
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart, Robert H. Bates advances an exploration of state failure in Africa. In so doing, he not only plumbs the depths of the continent's late-century tragedy, but also the logic of political order and the foundations of the state. This book covers a wide range of territory by drawing on materials from Rwanda, Sudan, show more Liberia, and Congo. A must-read for scholars and policy makers concerned with political conflict and state failure. show lessTags
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Robert H. Bates is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University, where he has studied and taught while conducting research in countries throughout the world. He is the author of many books on Africa and the political economy of development.
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- When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa
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- Africa
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- Collier, Paul; Gates, Scott; Goldstone, Jack
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 321.09 — Society, government, & culture Political science Systems of governments and states Political Systems Change in system of government
- LCC
- JC328.7 .B38 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state
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