Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Power in West African Societies: Perspectives from Legal Anthropology (African Studies) [Paperback]

E. Adriann B. Van Rouveroy Van Nieuwaal (Author), Werner Zips (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3825830365 | ISBN-13: 978-3825830366 | Publication Date: December 31, 1997

Africa has persistently been given the negative image of the lost continent: political turmoil, economic failures, hunger, disease, irresponsible and irrational warlords, and corrupt regimes. Such a bias calls for a critique. The authors analye power divisions and struggles over sovereignty and legitimacy in African societies from a historical point of view. Possibilities for peaceful social relations are taken as much into account as internal frictions between state and "traditional authorities."

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About the Author

Werner Zips is an associate professor for the department of social and cultural anthropology, Vienna University, Austria.  

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Lit Verlag (December 31, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3825830365
• ISBN-13: 978-3825830366
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,156,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)