Books by Mai Hassan
“Hassan looks carefully inside the state and shows that there’s a lot of strategic deployment of particular bureaucrats by politicians. And this happens both during the authoritarian periods, and the more recent democratic periods in Kenyan history. She reminds us that these bureaucrats are often driven by different loyalties. They have different ethnicities. And as a result of their own personal positions, and because of different relationships to politicians, you see a lot of variation in state capacity within a country.” Read more...
The best books on African Politics
Evan Lieberman, Political Scientist
Interviews where books by Mai Hassan were recommended
The best books on African Politics, recommended by Evan Lieberman
Despite their enormous variety, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa share some common challenges when it comes to politics and governance. Here, political scientist Evan Lieberman talks about the struggles for democracy in the continent and some of the specific obstacles African countries face in state-building and administration.
