Samuel Decalo
Autore di Coups and Army Rule in Africa: Motivations and Constraints, Second Edition
Serie
Opere di Samuel Decalo
Psychoses of Power: African Personal Dictatorships (African Modernization and Development Series) (1989) 5 copie
THE STABLE MINORITY: CIVILIAN RULE IN AFRICA (African Studies Series (Gainesville, Fla.), No. 1.) (1998) 3 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1937-11-19
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Bulgaria (birth)
USA - Luogo di nascita
- Sofia, Bulgaria
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Utenti
- 43
- Popolarità
- #352,016
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 35
The author’s classification of different modalities of military rule holds some interest, but it’s a bit hard to follow these detailed narratives of selected military regimes without prior knowledge of these countries. The picture which emerges seems bleak, the end result of military takeover usually being a more or less total lack of rational government. It seems surprising that supposedly fair elections were apparently held in poor African countries ruled by militaries, but unfortunately the author does not expand on this part of his narrative. The case study format has by now made this book outdated even in its revised form, so it’s probably most valuable for academics specializing in Africa who have kept up to date with more recent events in African politics.… (altro)