Africa's Big Men: Predatory State-Society Relations in Africa

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Matters arising: the problematics of politics in Africa -- Addressing the issues: outline of the book -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART I: Citizens, citizenship and state-society relations -- 1. The postcolonial African state and its citizens -- Introduction -- Political systems and institutions -- Why predatory states persist in Africa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. Africa's "big men" and the African state -- The big man and the state -- The African state and its citizens -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Women, inclusive citizenship, and the African state -- Introduction -- Theoretical approach: Intersectionality and representation -- Connecting theory to practice -- Development: women's economic inclusion -- Women's citizenship and security -- Conclusion: threading theory and practice on inclusive citizenship -- Notes -- 4. Women's political empowerment and the politics of citizenship in Nigeria and Tanzania -- Introduction -- Citizenship: a conceptual note -- Citizenship in Africa: Nigeria and Tanzania in perspective -- Women and politics of citizenship in Nigeria -- Women and politics of inclusion in Tanzania -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 5. Digital citizenship in Africa's fractured social order -- Introduction -- The exploration of the transition from citizenship to digital citizenship -- Analytical frame on the limits of digital citizenship -- The anatomy of internet services provision as a fulcrum for digital citizenship in Africa -- The evolving ecology of activism across Africa: Digitally sparked off and/or transmitted? -- Africa's fractured environment and digital citizenship -- Historical conjectures, nature of government and uncoordinated dilemmas