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Routledge The Failure Of The Centralized State: Institutions And Selfgovernance In Africa

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This book is an outcome of the workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, held in Indiana, during the 1985/86. It seeks to explains why the centralized African state has failed and discusses the breakdown of social processes indirectly caused by the policies of the centralized state. About the Author "James S. Wunsch is professor of political science and international relations and department chair at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Dele Olowu is professor of political science and head of the Department of Public Administration at Obafemi Awolowo University, lie Ife, Nigeria."

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