When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Bates, Robert H.

ISBN 10: 0521715253 / ISBN 13: 9780521715256

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521715253
• ISBN 13: 9780521715256
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

In the later decades of the 20th 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 explanation 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, Liberia, and Congo. Written to be accessible to the general reader, it is nonetheless a must-read for scholars and policy makers concerned with political conflict and state failure.

Book Description

In When Things Fell Apart, Robert H. Bates addresses the origins of state failure in Africa in the late decades of the twentieth century. Bates plumbs the depths of the continent's late-century tragedy, the logic of political order, and the foundations of the state for explanations for these tragedies.