BOOKS by Patrick Chabal

Sometimes it pays off to expand your search to view all available copies of items matching your search terms.

Page 1 of 1

sort by

1	Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument more books like this by Patrick Chabal, Jean-Pascal Daloz add to wishlist Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? In association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press see all copies from $12.94! new only from $29.84!
2	Culture Troubles: Politics and the Interpretation of Meaning more books like this by Patrick Chabal, Jean-Pascal Daloz add to wishlist Understanding politics in nations other than your own is a perilous exercise. If you were to read two newspaper articles on the same topic but from different countries, you would likely find two very different interpretations of the same event. But how we think about what is written in our own country seems somehow less distorted, less wrong. So ... see all copies from $17.97! new only from $22.57! \| SVS
3	Political Domination in Africa more books like this by Patrick Chabal (Photographer), David Anderson (Editor), Carolyn Brown (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of essays brings together historians and political scientists from Britain, France and the United States, who, from widely differing perspectives and traditions, have been involved in the process of rethinking African politics. They present here the outline of a new approach, grounded in universal political theory rather than on ... see all copies from $16.80! new only from $25.29! \| first editions \| SVS
4	A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist A comprehensive history of the five African Lusophone countries - Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde and Sao Tome e Principe - since they became independent from Portugal in 1974-5. It approaches the subject in two complementary ways. The first part consists of a series of chapters which analyze what these countries have in common and ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $36.56!
5	Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and violence. In "Africa: the Politics of Suffering and Smiling", ... see all copies from $21.10! new only from $21.10!
6	Angola: The Weight of History more books like this by Patrick Chabal (Editor), Professor Nuno Vidal (Editor) add to wishlist Multiparty elections in 2008 will, it is hoped, cement a transition towards peaceful stability in Angola, which has suffered from over forty years of violent civil war. Since the end of the conflict in 2002, there has been renewed optimism that Angola, a former Portuguese colony with abundant natural resources, would finally evolve a political ... see all copies from $24.23! new only from $24.23! \| SVS
7	Amilcar Cabral more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist see all copies from $26.35! new only from $26.35! \| first editions
8	Postcolonial Literature of Lusophone Africa, the by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist This work examines the Portuguese and "crioulo" literatures of the five African Portuguese-speaking countries: Angola; Cape Verde; Guinea Bissau; Mozambique; and Sao Tome and Principe. It offers an introduction to the cultural and historical context within which literature developed in Lusophone Africa, as well as a discussion of the prose and ... see all copies from $26.61! new only from $26.61!
9	African Alternatives more books like this by Patrick Chabal (Editor), Ulf Engel (Editor), Leo de Haan (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of articles aims to stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity and to go beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances by analyzing those initiatives that offer alternatives to the prevailing paradigms. It moves away from African 'victimhood' by stressing African 'agency' and by demonstrating that ... see all copies from $59.75! new only from $59.75!
10	Post-Colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa more books like this by Patrick Chabal (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.26! new only from $18.63!
11	Is Violence Inevitable in Africa?: Theories of Conflict and Approaches to Conflict Prevention more books like this by Patrick Chabal (Editor), Ulf Engel (Editor), Anna-Maria Gentili (Editor) add to wishlist This volume is an attempt to analyse the causes of violent conflict in Africa, to review the various approaches to conflict prevention and conflict resolution and to discuss some of the practical difficulties in ending violence. It brings together a wide range of scholars and practitioners, with specialist knowledge of a large number of African ... see all copies from $75.11! new only from $75.11!
12 view cover	Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership and People's War more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist This book, first published in 1983 by Cambridge University Press and now issued for the first time in paperback with a new preface, tells the story of Amilcar Cabral who, as head of PAIGC, Guinea-Bissau's nationalist movement, became one of Africa's foremost revolutionary leaders. In less than twenty years of active political life, Cabral led ... see all copies from $57.87! new only from $74.25!
13 view cover	Power in Africa: An Essay in Political Interpretation more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist Casting a fresh look at contemporary Black African politics, this book argues that the understanding of African has all too often been hampered by the limitations of the concepts and approaches used. In this challenging and stimulating book, Chabal interprets Africa's current social and political predicament. Lightning Print On Demand Title see all copies from $19.95! new only from $45.41! \| SVS
14	L'Afrique Est Partie!: Du Desordre Comme Instrument Politique more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist see all copies from $79.75! new only from $79.75!
15	Community & the state in lusophone Africa : papers read at the conference on New Research on Lusophone Africa held at King's College London 16-17 May 2002 by M. D. D. Newitt, Patrick Chabal, Norrie MacQueen, London. School of Humanities King's College add to wishlist see all copies from $21.43!
16	Power in Africa more books like this by Patrick Chabal add to wishlist "Power in Africa" casts a fresh look at contemporary black African politics. It reviews the merits and failings of existing interpretations of Africa's post-colonial society and offers a new approach to its understanding. It has two main aims. First, to present a comparative conceptual framework which places Africa's politics within its ... see all copies from $29.42!

Page 1 of 1

Browse authors

Browse subjects

Our Money-Back Guarantee

We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.

	Warriors at Work by Mustafah Dhada see all from $13.78! new only from $52.81!
	Angola Under the Portuguese: The Myth & the Reality by Gerald J Bender see all from $7.19! new only from $47.65!
	Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by K Bales see all from $4.99! new only from $19.75!
	The Politics of AIDS in Africa by Amy S Patterson see all from $11.00! new only from $29.78!
	Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence by Mark Juergensmeyer see all from $1.99! new only from $8.99!
	The Making of Portuguese Democracy by Professor Kenneth Maxwell see all from $7.75! new only from $34.85!