The State, Ethnicity, and Gender in Africa
Intellectual Legacies of Crawford Young

Scott Straus (Edited by), Aili Mari Tripp (Edited by)

9780299349400

Hardback, published 27 August 2024

322 pages, 25 b&w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg

“More than a book of celebration. The chapters are original, innovative, and speak to the recurring realities of Africa’s challenges and triumphs. The whole recognizes and extends Young’s towering intellectual contributions and approach to African politics.”—Toyin Falola, author of Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice

Postcolonialism, the politics of ethnic and religious identity, and the role of women in African society and politics have become important, and often connected, foci in African studies. Here, fifteen chapters explore these themes in tandem. With essays that span the continent, this volume showcases the political histories, challenges, and promise of contemporary Africa.

Written in honor of Crawford Young, a foundational figure in the study of African politics, the essays reflect the breadth and intellectual legacy of this towering scholar and illustrate the vast impact Young had, and continues to have, on the field. The book’s themes build from his seminal publications, and the essays were written by leading scholars who were trained by Young.

• Acknowledgments
• Prologue
  Linda Thomas-Greenfield
• Introduction: The Legacies of Crawford Young
  Scott Straus and Aili Mari Tripp
• Part I. The Colonial and Postcolonial State in Africa
• 1 State Development in Contemporary Africa
  William Reno
• 2 Third-Wave Democracy and the State in Sub-Saharan Africa
  John W. Harbeson
• 3 The Colonial Legacy of Policing as State Building
  Kaden Paulson-Smith
• Part II. Rethinking the Politics of Identity
• 4 Rethinking the Politics of Identity
  Rachel Betty Riedl
• 5 Sectarian Identity Formation and the Future of the African Postcolonial State: Lessons from Nigeria
  Dauda Abubakar
• 6 The Politics of Identity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Enduring Power of Crawford Young’
  s Analysis and Its Limits
  Timothy Longman
• 7 Ethnicity, Interests, and Class in Tanzania: Constructing Explanations
  Joel Samoff
• 8 State Construction, Ethnicity, and Social Status: The Bifurcated Trajectories of Haalpulaaren in the Mauritania–
  Senegal Borderland
  CÉ
  dric Jourde
• 9 Crawford Young’
  s Cultural Politics Analytic Paradigm Applied to Ukraine-Russia
  Joshua B. Forrest
• Part II. Women, Gender, and Politics
• 10 Women Do Everything except Politics: Gender Quota in a Postconflict Society
  Ladan Affi
• 11 Territorial Nationalism, Cultural Pluralism, and Women’
  s Peace Mobilization in Cameroon
  Melinda J. Adams
• 12 “
  Who Will Open the Door?”
  Women in Parliament and Cabinet in Ghana
  Gretchen Bauer and Akosua K. Darkwah
• Afterword
  Edmond J. Keller
• Contributors
  Index