 The State in Africa: Some Thoughts on the Future drawn from the PastRichard A. Higgott Chapter 2 in Africa Projected, 1985, pp 14-39 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Like the poor in history, the state in political science is, always with us. This is so even when, again like the poor in history, our attitude to the state is one of neglect. The attitude of the political science community towards the state has tended to be an excellent indicator of the prevailing political strategies, options and expectations that exist at a particular point in time. This is so in the study of political science generally and in the study of politics in post-colonial Africa specifically.1 It is the intention of this chapter, therefore, accepting the exhortations of David Ricci that the political scientist learns the value of historiography,2 to review our changing perceptions of the role and functioning of the state in the first couple of decades of our study of post-colonial Africa. The value of historiographical analysis for a book concerned with the future of Africa is largely self-evident, yet, at the risk of over-simplification, such value can be brieflẏ spelled out. Keywords: Capital Accumulation; Modernisation Theory; Ivory Coast; International Capital; Dependency Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-06499-1_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06499-1_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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