Personal Rule in Black Africa / Carl G. Rosberg, Robert H. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Robert H., Author.

Rosberg, Carl G., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.) : 1 frontisp.: map of Africa, 1981

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The Political System of Personal Rule: A Conceptualization

3. Princes and Oligarchic Rule

4. Autocrats and Lordship

5. Prophets and Leadership

6. Tyrants and Abusive Rule

7. Prospects for Institutional Government

Appendix

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520313071

0520313070

OCLC:

1198929143