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Encountering the Nigerian State
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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.
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Yes, you can access Encountering the Nigerian State by W. Adebanwi, E. Obadare, W. Adebanwi,E. Obadare in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & African History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: Excess and Abjection in the Study of the African State
- 1 Deconstructing “Oluwole”: Political Economy at the Margins of the State
- 2 The Spatial Economy of Abjection: The Evacuation of Maroko Slum in Nigeria
- 3 “Rotten English”: Excremental Politics and Literary Witnessing
- 4 The Perils of Protest: State Repression and Student Mobilization in Nigeria
- 5 Vocalizing Rage: Deconstructing the Language of Antistate Forces
- 6 The Subaltern Encounters the State: OPC-State Relations 1999–2003
- 7 The State as Undertaker: Power and Insurgent Media in Nigeria
- 8 From Corporatist Power to Abjection: Labor and State Control in Nigeria
- 9 When the State Kills: Political Assassinations in Abacha’s Nigeria
- 10 The Sharia Challenge: Revisiting the Travails of the Secular State
- 11 Koma: A Glimpse of Life at the Edges of the State
- Index