TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boone, Catherine.
TI  - Political topographies of the African state: territorial authority and institutional choice
SN  - 9780521532648
U1  - 320.96BOO 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Central-local government relations--Africa
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-392) and index
N2  - Catherine Boone examines political regionalism in Africa and how it affects forms of government, and prospects for democracy and development. Boone's study is set within the context of larger theories of political development in agrarian societies. It features a series of compelling case studies that focus on regions within Senegal, Ghana, and Ct̥e d'Ivoire and ranges from 1930 to the present. The book will be of interest to readers concerned with comparative politics, Africa, development, regionalism and federalism, and ethnic politics
ER  -