POLS 3000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Thomas Hobbes, Jeffrey Herbst
2 Mar 2017
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Jeffrey herbst, the political kingdom in independent africa, chapter 4 in states and power in. Africa: comparative lessons in authority and control (princeton: princeton university press, Africans decided to keep the borders made by the europeans, it was their choice. Following their colonial predecessors, the new leaders decided against gaining control of african territoty through-wars of expansion or by claiming control of territory on the basis of the administrative facts on the ground. At the same time, des. rite much rhetoric about recovering the african past, the new leaders rejected the entire precokmial ) tradition of multiple sovereignties over land with soft borders. Africa is challenged with building states in times of peace. The relative peace that resulted from the decisions made by africans and how, ironically, the seeds of some countries" destruction were planted in the actions taken by leaders as a consequence of these early decisions. (98)
