TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chabal, Patrick.
TI  - Africa works: disorder as political instrument
SN  - 9780852558140
U1  - 306.2/0967CUR 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Elite (Social sciences) --Africa, Sub-Saharan
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-166) and index
N2  - How do political systems in Africa work? Is the "real" business of politics taking place outside the scope of standard political analysis, in an "informal" or more personalised setting? How are the prospects for reform and renewal in African societies affected by the emerging elites? Is "modernisation" in Africa different? Are there within African countries social, political and cultural factors which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development?
ER  -