Theories of international relations, assumed to be universally applicable, have failed to explain the creation of states in Africa. There, the interaction of power and space is dramatically different from what occurred in Europe. In his ground-breaking book, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state-building process in a truly comparative perspective, examining the problem of state consolidation from the precolonial period, through the short but intense interlude of European colonialism, to the modern era of independent states. Herbst's bold contention - that the conditions now facing African state-builders existed long before European penetration of the continent - is sure to provoke controversy, for it runs counter to the prevailing assumption that colonialism changed everything. In identifying how the African state-building process differs from the European experience, Herbst addresses the fundamental problem confronting African leaders: how to extend authority over sparsely settled lands. Indeed, efforts to exert control over vast, inhospitable territories of low population density and varied environmental and geographical zones have resulted in devastating wars, millions of refugees, and dysfunctional governments perpetrating destructive policies. Detailing the precise political calculations of distinct African leaders, Herbst isolates the basic dynamics of African state development. In analyzing how these leaders have attempted to consolidate power, he is able to evaluate a variety of policy alternatives for dealing with the fundamental political challenges facing African states today.
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Nationalism可以再深入地討論下 淺顯易懂必須好評 但感覺一直在以一個宏觀、敘述人的角度講 沒有深入到某個國傢談談政府及人民切實的觀點，行為及感受
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评分補評 2018Fall 評價蠻高怎會漏評 謝友鄰提醒. One fundamental problem that African leaders constantly faced with is how to broadcast power over sparsely settled lands. post-colonial independence did not necessarily indicate a break from previous weak state; costs of expanding the domestic power infrastructure, nature of national boundaries, the design of state sys.
评分Herbst還真的是敢說啊……雖然老美也不關心非洲到底咋樣，真要人傢/或者人傢真要改國界，估計也不會有什麼第三方說不行，但是有瞭既定國界，之後怎麼分，誰多誰少？誰願意就這麼割一塊地齣來？除非再有人給他們拎一張地圖畫好國界。你讓它們自己分？結果還不是無休止的打打打。
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