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b”CLASSIFY, EXCLUDE, POLICE‘Laurent Fourchard’s deep, first-hand knowledge of the history and contemporary politics of Nigeria and South Africa forms the basis of an insightful and compelling analysis of how states produce invidious distinctions among their people and at the same time how political linkages are forged between state and society, elites and subalterns, bureaucratic structures and personal relations.’ Frederick Cooper, Professor of History, New York University, USA ‘Violence, control, police and political order are essential dimensions of metropolis. In this exceptional book, Laurent Fourchard compares decentralised exercises of authority in providing vivid analysis o...
Les questions de sécurité et de criminalité sont devenues de nouveaux objets d'études en Afrique, essentiellement en raison de la multiplication récente des formes de criminalité urbaine ou organisée et de la privatisation avancée de grandes portions d'espaces urbains, phénomènes que l'on pouvait croire limités aux Amériques. L'endémicité de la crise économique, l'accroissement de la pauvreté, la criminalisation de l'État et la faillite des polices tropicales ont considérablement accru les sentiments d'insécurité et accéléré le développement d'agences privées qui prennent le relais d'États incapables d'assumer le contrôle du corps social. Les auteurs de ce livre in...
Les métropoles d’Afrique du Sud et du Nigeria sont réputées dangereuses, bidonvillisées et dominées par l’économie informelle. Peu est su en revanche de la manière dont les populations y sont triées, catégorisées et policées, en droite ligne avec les méthodes de réification ethnique et sociale de l’apartheid et de la période coloniale. À Johannesburg, au Cap, à Lagos et à Ibadan, les quatre villes où l’auteur a enquêté, un gouvernement du tri et de l’exclusion assigne des droits, des peines et des interdits à des catégories considérées comme problématiques (délinquants, jeunes, migrants, femmes seules, vendeuses de rue) ; des organisations non étatiques s...
This book proposes an original interpretation of neoliberalism in Africa. Instead of seeing neoliberal reforms as inherently destructive of the post-colonial state, the authors, who include some of Africa's best-known social scientists, focus on the resilience and adaptability of African state structures, economic systems and survival mechanisms.
b”CLASSIFY, EXCLUDE, POLICE‘Laurent Fourchard’s deep, first-hand knowledge of the history and contemporary politics of Nigeria and South Africa forms the basis of an insightful and compelling analysis of how states produce invidious distinctions among their people and at the same time how political linkages are forged between state and society, elites and subalterns, bureaucratic structures and personal relations.’ Frederick Cooper, Professor of History, New York University, USA ‘Violence, control, police and political order are essential dimensions of metropolis. In this exceptional book, Laurent Fourchard compares decentralised exercises of authority in providing vivid analysis o...
This books takes into consideration the changes that have occurred within the visual art landscape in Nigeria during the 20th century. This historical change is the result of new cultural exchanges between Africa, Europe and America, exchanges that developed different artistic practices and promoted new patrons. In this framework, cities have played a fundamental role in the development of modern art, especially because of the presence of a local or international art market. All the chapters of this book are related to specific Southern Nigerian cities: some are places of ancient royal art patronage (bronze casting in Benin City), some are city market where various popular expression of art could have developed (calendar in Onitsha), a few are strictly university based (Nsukka) but most of them have welcome elements of artistic lineages scattered all over Nigeria (the Fákéye family for instance).