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This volume advances the discussions of leadership in Africa's specific history, culture, economy, and politics. The book promotes an understanding of leadership and its paradoxes and illuminates the conditions under which political leadership has been produced, and how those conditions have shaped leaders.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Governance and the Unending Search for Leadership in African Politics
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Postcolonial and Decolonial Philosophies of Leadership
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Nation-Building and the Question of Rule
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Power, Governance, and Non-State Leadership
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Back Matter
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“This book offers an account of some of the historical manifestations of positive leadership in Africa … . this book presents a collection of well-researched studies into political leadership in Africa which offers useful empirical insights into the prevailing atmospherics of governance that influenced the emergence of specific leadership styles in different contexts. The book is therefore essential reading for scholars concerned with political development, democratization and leadership in Africa.” (John Olushola Magbadelo, African Affairs, Vol. 117 (469), October, 2018)
About the authors
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Head, Archie Mafeje Research Institute, University of South Africa, South Africa Olúf?e??mi Táíwò, Professor, Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, USA Samuel Zalanga, Professor of Sociology, Bethel University, USA Warris Vianni, Independent Scholar, Kenya Basile Ndjio, Professor of Social Anthropology, African Studies Center, University of Douala, Cameroon Enocent Msindo, Associate Professor of History, Rhodes University, South Africa Ibrahim Gambari, Chairman and Founder, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, Nigeria William Reno, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Washington M. Wingate Professor of Religion, Wake Forrest University, USA Okechukwu C. Iheduru, Professor of Political Science, Arizona State University, USA Gbemisola A. Animasawun, Lecturer at Center for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance and the Crisis of Rule in Contemporary Africa
Book Subtitle: Leadership in Transformation
Editors: Ebenezer Obadare, Wale Adebanwi
Series Title: African Histories and Modernities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56686-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56357-6Published: 03 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56686-7Published: 09 February 2016
Series ISSN: 2634-5773
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 310
Topics: African Politics, Political History, African History, Modern History