The Rhetoric of Centre-Periphery Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4250317 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Staniland (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 617-636 |
| Publication date | 1970-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00023934 |
| OpenAlex | W2386560616 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article is an attempt to explore the frames of reference of two disciplines-political science and social anthropology-as they affect the study of relations between the national 'centre' and the local 'periphery' in African countries. It is exploratory, in that it reviews the assumptions and concepts characteristic of the disciplines, instead of trying to crystallise a new model. In the light of this comparison it then considers the status of what Clifford Geertz has called 'the clichés of commonsense sociology'.1 It examines particularly one item in this collection of clichés, the notion of 'tribalism
Affect · Tribalism · African Studies and Ethnography · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Migration, Identity, and Health
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Political Topographies of the African State
Performing the national territory
Urban Idioms in a Village World
The Myth of the Expanding Centre -Politics in the Ivory Coast
Regionalism versus Realism
Local and District Councils - Should They Be Forgotten
The Holy Ghost Fathers in Eastern Nigeria, 1885-1920
Economic theory and under-developed regions
Political Change in a West African State
Politics and Social Change
The Social anthropology of complex societies
The uncertainties of knowledge
Political Parties
An American Dilemma
Politics and Change in Developing Countries
Democracy in Alberta
Politics and Change in Developing Countries
Colonisation, Colonialisme, Decolonisation
Understanding and Explanation in Social Anthropology
Tanzania
Peasant Society and Clientelist Politics
Stratagems and Spoils
The African Predicament
Modernization
The Place of Non-Groups in the Social Sciences
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2017 (46) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |