Political power &amp; social class in the neo‐colonial African state

Charney, Craig

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Review of African Political Economy

Volume 14, Issue 38

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Political power & social class in the neo‐colonial African state

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Author(s): Craig Charney

Publication date (Print): April 1987

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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Using Poulantzas' mode of analysis Charney provides a framework for understanding and periodising the state, and the phenomenon of ‘neocolonialism’ — often referred to, seldom defined. It shows that the neo‐colonial state has a different basis for ‘hegemony‘—clientelism—than in the centre states, and that it is particularist not ‘national’. It also explores the circumstances under which there could be a break up of the dominant class basis of and of factional popular support for the neo‐colonial state.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): April 1987

Volume: 14

Issue: 38

Pages: 48-65

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Publisher ID: 8703713 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 14, No. 38, April 1987, pp. 48-65

DOI: 10.1080/03056248708703713

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Copans J.. 1978. . ‘Paysannerie et politique au Sénégal’. . Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines . , Vol. 81:
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Poulantzas N.. 1968. . Pouyoir politique et classes sociales . , Paris : : Maspéro. .
1973. . Political power and social class . , London : : New Left Books. .
Powell J.. 1970. . ‘Peasant society and clientelist politics,’. . American Political Science Review . , Vol. 64:
Rey P. ‐P.. 1971. . Colonialisme, néocolonialisme, et transition au capitalisme . , Paris : : Maspero. .
Rey P. ‐P.. 1973. . Les alliances de classes . , Paris : : Maspéro. .
Sahlins M.. 1974. . Stone Age Economics . , London : : Tavistock. .
Salama P. and Mathias G.. 1984. . L'Etat surdéveloppé: des metropoles au Tiers‐Monde . , Paris : : La Découverte. .
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Saul J.. 1979. . The State and Revolution in Eastern Africa . , New York : : Monthly Review Press. .
Scott J.. 1972. . ‘The breakdown of patron‐client bonds and social change in rural Southeast Asia’. . Journal of Asian Studies . , Vol. 32:
Suret‐Canale J.. 1972. . French colonialism in Tropical Africa . , New York : : Pica Press. .
Wolpe H.. 1971. . ‘Capitalism and cheap labour power in South AFrica: from segregation to apartheid’. . Economy and society . , Vol. 1:

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[1] Althusser L.. 1971. . “‘Idéologie et appareils idéologiques d'Etat’. ”. In Positions . , Paris : : Maspéro. .

[2] Anderson P.. 1974. . Lineages of the Absolutist State . , London : : New Left Books. .

[3] Bayart J. F.. 1978. . ‘Régime du parti unique et systémes d'inégalite et de domination au Cameroun: esquisse’. . Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines . , Vol. 78:

[4] Bayart J. F.. 1979. . L'Etat au Cameroun . , Paris : : Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. .

[5] Copans J.. 1978. . ‘Paysannerie et politique au Sénégal’. . Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines . , Vol. 81:

[6] Coquery‐Vidrovitch C.. 1984. . L'Afrique Noire de 1800 à Nos Jours . , Paris : : Presses Universitaires de France. .

[7] Coulon C.. 1981. . Le marabout et le prince . , Paris : : Editions Pedone. .

[8] Flynn P.. 1974. . ‘Class, clientelism, and coercion: some mechanisms of internal dependency and control’. . Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics . , Vol. 12:

[9] Foltz W.. 1962. . “‘Social structure and political behavior of Senegalese elites’. ”. In Occasional Paper Series . , New Haven : : Yale. .

[10] Freund W.. 1984. . The Making of Contemporary Africa . , Princeton : : Princeton University Press. .

[11] Gramsci A.. 1971. . Selections from the Prison Notebooks . , New York : : International Publishers. .

[12] Lemarchand R.. 1972. . ‘Political clientelism and ethnicity in Tropical Africa: competing solidarities in nation‐building’. . American Political Science Review . , Vol. 66:

[13] Leys C.. 1973. . Underdevelopment in Kenya: the political ecomy of neocolonialism . , Berkeley : : University of California Press. .

[14] Meillassoux C.. 1975. . Femmes, Greniers et Capitaux . , Paris : : Maspero. .

[15] 1978. . Maids, Meal and Money .

[16] Pashukanis E.. 1970. . La théorie générale du droit et du marxisme . Paris :

[17] 1978. . Law and Marxism: A General Theory . , London : : Ink Links. .

[18] Poulantzas N.. 1968. . Pouyoir politique et classes sociales . , Paris : : Maspéro. .

[19] 1973. . Political power and social class . , London : : New Left Books. .

[20] Powell J.. 1970. . ‘Peasant society and clientelist politics,’. . American Political Science Review . , Vol. 64:

[21] Rey P. ‐P.. 1971. . Colonialisme, néocolonialisme, et transition au capitalisme . , Paris : : Maspero. .

[22] Rey P. ‐P.. 1973. . Les alliances de classes . , Paris : : Maspéro. .

[23] Sahlins M.. 1974. . Stone Age Economics . , London : : Tavistock. .

[24] Salama P. and Mathias G.. 1984. . L'Etat surdéveloppé: des metropoles au Tiers‐Monde . , Paris : : La Découverte. .

[25] Salama P. and Tissier P.. 1982. . L'industrialisation dans le sous‐développement . , Paris : : Maspéro. .

[26] Saul J.. 1979. . The State and Revolution in Eastern Africa . , New York : : Monthly Review Press. .

[27] Scott J.. 1972. . ‘The breakdown of patron‐client bonds and social change in rural Southeast Asia’. . Journal of Asian Studies . , Vol. 32:

[28] Suret‐Canale J.. 1972. . French colonialism in Tropical Africa . , New York : : Pica Press. .

[29] Wolpe H.. 1971. . ‘Capitalism and cheap labour power in South AFrica: from segregation to apartheid’. . Economy and society . , Vol. 1: