Citizen and subject: contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism/ Mahmood Mamdani
Material type: TextSeries: (Princeton studies in culture/power/history)Publication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996Description: xxiv, 353 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780691180427Subject(s): Apartheid | Colonies--Administration | Democracy | Colonial influence | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 352.3
Contents:
Introduction : thinking through Africa's impasse --
Decentralized despotism --
Indirect rule : the politics of decentralized despotism --
Customary law : the theory of decentralized despotism --
The native authority and the free peasantry --
The other face of tribalism : peasant movements in equatorial Africa --
The rural in the urban : migrant workers in South Africa --
Conclusion : linking the urban and the rural.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 352.3 MAM/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P03299 |
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Introduction : thinking through Africa's impasse --
Decentralized despotism --
Indirect rule : the politics of decentralized despotism --
Customary law : the theory of decentralized despotism --
The native authority and the free peasantry --
The other face of tribalism : peasant movements in equatorial Africa --
The rural in the urban : migrant workers in South Africa --
Conclusion : linking the urban and the rural.
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