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- 9780253214829
- Publication Year
- 2001
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- Trade Paperback
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- Publication Name
- Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa : Father, Family, Food
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". . . refreshing and provocative . . . a significant addition to existing literature on African politics." ?Stephen Ellis "It opens up a whole new field of investigation, and brings into focus the pertinence of an interdisciplinary approach to African politics." ?René Lemarchand In this innovative work, Michael G. Schatzberg reads metaphors found in the popular press as indicators of the way Africans come to understand their political universe. Examining daily newspapers, popular literature, and political and church documents from across middle Africa, Schatzberg finds that widespread and deeply ingrained views of government and its relationship to its citizenry may be understood as a projection of the metaphor of an idealized extended family onto the formal political sphere. Schatzberg's careful observations and sensitive interpretations uncover the moral and social factors that shape the African political universe while showing how some African understandings of politics and political power may hamper or promote the development of Western-style democracy. Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa looks closely at elements of African moral and political thought and offers a nuanced assessment of whether democracy might flourish were it to be established on middle African terms.
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253214823
ISBN-13
9780253214829
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1904301
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa : Father, Family, Food
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
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Jq1879.A15s32 2001
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College Graduate Student
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Excavating in the cultural context of authority relations, Schatzberg (Univ. of Wisconsin) adds fuel to the long-simmering debate over the peculiarities of African politics--and the assumed universality of explanations of Western social science--by demonstrating that legitimate rule in Middle Africa rests on a moral matrix of key premises: the father--chief; the importance, yet limits of consumption; the role and limits of inclusion and exclusion (largely women); and the organic alternation (generational rotation) of power. Space permitting, a fifth premise, on communal aspects of African life, could also be demonstrated. This review cannot do justice to the rich discussion and varied evidence from popular culture that Schatzberg adduces. This remarkable evocation of the politics of ordinary beliefs discusses what is politically thinkable, suggesting a cultural logic differing from the supports of states and institutions in the West. This is the realm of subjacent politics, an arena of implicit models that guide and condition political behavior. While the mundane implication is that the practices of bureaucracy and democracy in Africa will be interpreted in a special way, i.e., patrimonial and communal, the overall thesis fits within a Weberian and Tocquevillian tradition of the importance of culture and ideology in the exercise of power. This courageous book could form the basis of symposia for years to come.--H. Glickman, Haverford College"Choice" (01/01/2002), " . . . a well-researched and clearly written book that provides strong evidence of the crucialimportance of the cultural context to the conduct of politics in Africa. This volume should beread carefully by all those who are fruitlessly looking for neat and simple solutions to thepresent political crisis on the continent."--International Affairs, July 2002, "Excavating in the cultural context of authority relations, Schatzberg (Univ. of Wisconsin) adds fuel to the long-simmering debate over the peculiarities of African politics -- and the assumed universality of explanations of Western social science -- by demonstrating that legitimate rule in Middle Africa rests on a moral matrix of key premises: the father -- chief; the importance, yet limits of consumption; the role and limits of inclusion and exclusion (largely women); and the organic alternation (generational rotation) of power. Space permitting, a fifth premise, on communal aspects of African life, could also be demonstrated. This review cannot do justice to the rich discussion and varied evidence from popular culture that Schatzberg adduces. This remarkable evocation of the politics of ordinary beliefs discusses what is politically thinkable, suggesting a cultural logic differing from the supports of states and institutions in the West. This is the realm of subjacent politics, an arena of implicit models that guide and condition political behavior. While the mundane implication is that the practices of bureaucracy and democracy in Africa will be interpreted in a special way, i.e., patrimonial and communal, the overall thesis fits within a Weberian and Tocquevillian tradition of the importance of culture and ideology in the exercise of power. This courageous book could form the basis of symposia for years to come." -- H. Glickman, Haverford College, Choice, June 2002, "Excavating in the cultural context of authority relations, Schatzberg (Univ. of Wisconsin) adds fuel to the long-simmering debate over the peculiarities of African politics-and the assumed universality of explanations of Western social science-by demonstrating that legitimate rule in Middle Africa rests on a moral matrix of key premises: the father-chief; the importance, yet limits of consumption; the role and limits of inclusion and exclusion (largely women); and the organic alternation (generational rotation) of power. Space permitting, a fifth premise, on communal aspects of African life, could also be demonstrated. This review cannot do justice to the rich discussion and varied evidence from popular culture that Schatzberg adduces. This remarkable evocation of the politics of ordinary beliefs discusses what is politically thinkable, suggesting a cultural logic differing from the supports of states and institutions in the West. This is the realm of subjacent politics, an arena of implicit models that guide and condition political behavior. While the mundane implication is that the practices of bureaucracy and democracy in Africa will be interpreted in a special way, i.e., patrimonial and communal, the overall thesis fits within a Weberian and Tocquevillian tradition of the importance of culture and ideology in the exercise of power. This courageous book could form the basis of symposia for years to come." -H. Glickman, Haverford College, Choice, June 2002, "Excavating in the cultural context of authority relations, Schatzberg (Univ. of Wisconsin) adds fuel to the long-simmering debate over the peculiarities of African politics--and the assumed universality of explanations of Western social science--by demonstrating that legitimate rule in Middle Africa rests on a moral matrix of key premises: the father--chief; the importance, yet limits of consumption; the role and limits of inclusion and exclusion (largely women); and the organic alternation (generational rotation) of power. Space permitting, a fifth premise, on communal aspects of African life, could also be demonstrated. This review cannot do justice to the rich discussion and varied evidence from popular culture that Schatzberg adduces. This remarkable evocation of the politics of ordinary beliefs discusses what is politically thinkable, suggesting a cultural logic differing from the supports of states and institutions in the West. This is the realm of subjacent politics, an arena of implicit models that guide and condition political behavior. While the mundane implication is that the practices of bureaucracy and democracy in Africa will be interpreted in a special way, i.e., patrimonial and communal, the overall thesis fits within a Weberian and Tocquevillian tradition of the importance of culture and ideology in the exercise of power. This courageous book could form the basis of symposia for years to come.June 2002"--H. Glickman, Haverford College
Table of Content
Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments 1. Metaphor and Matrix Methods Paternal and Familial Metaphors The Moral Matrix of Legitimate Governance Subjacency, Legitimacy, and the "Unthinkable" 2. Representations of Power Power Defined Local Faces of Power Conclusion 3. Parameters of The Political The Elision of Church and State The Elision of State and Civil Society Conclusion 4. Alternative Causalities The Banality of Sorcery The Perils of Explanation in Congo/Zaïre Other Visions 5. Matrix I-The Father-Chief: Rights and Responsibilities Nurture and Nourishment Punishment and Pardon Corruption and Its Limits 6. Matrix II-Gender and Generation: Women, the Paternal Order, and the Alternation of Power Women and the Paternal Order Women as Counselors Evolving Norms Generational Rotation 7. Democracy and the Logic of Legitimacy Epistemological Issues The Matrix Revisited Legitimacy, Democracy, and "Democratization" Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2001
Topic
History & Theory, General, World / African, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Lccn
2001-002060
Dewey Decimal
306.2/0967
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
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