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"In advancing a theory of imperialism that includes European and non-European actors, and in analyzing economic, social, and cultural as well as political dimensions of empire, Abernethy helps account for Europe's long occupation of global center stage. He also sheds light on key features of today's postcolonial world and on the legacies of empire, concluding with an insightful approach to the moral evaluation of colonialism."--BOOK JACKET

On February 17-18, 1989, a group of thirty Africanist scholars, mainly political scientists, met at the Carter Center of Emory University to participate in the inaugural seminar of the Governance in Africa Program. The topics of the four substantive panels were: (1) communal governance and "high politics" in Africa; (2) beyond autocracy: prospects for progressive statecraft; (3) the informal governance of Africa by aid agencies; (4) perestroika without glasnost in Africa