Encountering the Nigerian State

Book Overview

Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular. While many recent collections have reheated the old paradigms - of the perils of federalism; corruption; ethnicity etc, our focus here is on encounter, that is, the nuance and complexity of how the state shapes society and vice-versa.Through this, wedepart from the standard state versus society approach that proves so limiting in explaining the African political landscape.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349384038
• ISBN13: 9781349384037
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"