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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2020

Giovanni Carbone
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano
Alessandro Pellegata
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano
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Political leaders loom large in African politics and development processes. They took center stage in public life after newly independent states emerged in the region, mostly in the early 1960s, and they grew ever more prominent over the better part of subsequent decades, favored by a widespread and persistent weakness of political institutions. As the developmental failures of most sub-Saharan economies became manifest, particularly from the 1980s onward, the ruinous leadership of many among them became obvious, if often only implicitly.

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Political Leadership in Africa
Leaders and Development South of the Sahara
, pp. 1 - 6
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Introduction
  • Giovanni Carbone, Università degli Studi di Milano, Alessandro Pellegata, Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Book: Political Leadership in Africa
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108529266.001
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  • Introduction
  • Giovanni Carbone, Università degli Studi di Milano, Alessandro Pellegata, Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Book: Political Leadership in Africa
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108529266.001
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  • Introduction
  • Giovanni Carbone, Università degli Studi di Milano, Alessandro Pellegata, Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Book: Political Leadership in Africa
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108529266.001
Available formats
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