Overview
Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter, that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape.
- | Author: W. Adebanwi
- | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2010
- | Number of Pages: 269 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1349384038
- | ISBN-13: 9781349384037
