TERRITORIAL POLITICS AND THE REACH Of THE STATE: UNEVENNESS BY DESIGN
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| contents | TERRITORIAL POLITICS AND THE REACH Of THE STATE: UNEVENNESS BY DESIGN CATHERINE BOONE Política State Africa building Territory Côte d'Ivoire Guillermo O'Donnell drew attention to "brown spots" in Latin America's political topography, which he defined as peripheral regions where the presence of the republican state is attenuated and more arbitrary forms of power hold sway. Similarly uneven projections of state authority are visible across sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reviews three ways of explaining such unevenness in the state's reach: (a.) a geographic, economic, and demographic determinism perspective, (b.) a historical-sociological perspective, and (c.) a political perspective centered on strategic bargaining between social actors and state actors. We propose that unevenness in state quality is often an artifact of state-building, rather than evidence of state failure. An analysis of state-building in modern Africa, focusing on Côte d'Ivoire, explores some of these dynamics. 2012 artículo científico 0716-1417 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32425402007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=324 Revista de Ciencia Política application/pdf Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile) Num.3 Vol.32 |
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| spellingShingle | TERRITORIAL POLITICS AND THE REACH Of THE STATE: UNEVENNESS BY DESIGN CATHERINE BOONE Política State Africa building Territory Côte d'Ivoire TERRITORIAL POLITICS AND THE REACH Of THE STATE: UNEVENNESS BY DESIGN CATHERINE BOONE Política State Africa building Territory Côte d'Ivoire Guillermo O'Donnell drew attention to "brown spots" in Latin America's political topography, which he defined as peripheral regions where the presence of the republican state is attenuated and more arbitrary forms of power hold sway. Similarly uneven projections of state authority are visible across sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reviews three ways of explaining such unevenness in the state's reach: (a.) a geographic, economic, and demographic determinism perspective, (b.) a historical-sociological perspective, and (c.) a political perspective centered on strategic bargaining between social actors and state actors. We propose that unevenness in state quality is often an artifact of state-building, rather than evidence of state failure. An analysis of state-building in modern Africa, focusing on Côte d'Ivoire, explores some of these dynamics. 2012 artículo científico 0716-1417 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32425402007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=324 Revista de Ciencia Política application/pdf Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile) Num.3 Vol.32 |
| title | TERRITORIAL POLITICS AND THE REACH Of THE STATE: UNEVENNESS BY DESIGN |
| topic | Política State Africa building Territory Côte d'Ivoire |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32425402007 |