The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly

Jean-François Bayart

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African Studies and Ethnography African history and culture studies Political Conflict and Governance

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Part 1 The genesis of the state: the shadow theatre of ethnicity the unequal state - little men and big men the bourgeois illusion the opportunity state. Part 2 Scenarios in the pursuit of hegemony: conservative modernization or social revolution? - the extreme scenarios the reciprocal assimilation of elites - the hypothesis of an intermediate scenario the formation of an historic postcolonial bloc. Part 3 Political action: entrepreneurs, factions and political networks the politics of the belly.

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