Bringing the Self Back In: Politics and Accountability in Africa
This article argues that democracy and good governance in Africa are currently weakened by the comparative absence of collective actor capable of holding the state strongly to account. It traces this weakness to the social construction of selfhood, or subjectivity, on the continent, which typically...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2004-05-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Estudos Africanos |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cea/1054 |