States and Social Contracts in Africa

Paul Nugent

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African Studies and Ethnography Political Conflict and Governance Natural Resources and Economic Development

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Arguing for a renewed focus on political economy, Nugent surveys repertoires of state power and forms of social contract in Africa. Control of revenue, land and population as variables permuted by post-colonial regimes—and reordered by the pressures of structural adjustment.

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