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Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa

Terence Ranger editor Olufemi Vaughan editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:14th Jun '93

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This book takes as its theme the ways in which governments legitimate their rule, both to themselves and to their subjects. Its introduction explores legitimacy and pre-colonial states, but the three sections of the book deal with colonial legitimacy, the question of legitimation in the transition from colonialism to majority rule, and the contemporary debate about accountability.

ISBN: 9780333550786

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 530g

284 pages

1993 ed.