{"product_id":"9780745351711","title":"French Neocolonialism in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, France has exerted a neocolonial grip on its former African empire, known as the Françafrique. Yet a series of electoral breakthroughs and military coups by opponents of this order have put its future into question.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCovering a broad sweep of history from the eighteenth century to the present day, two leading authorities on French neocolonialism, Ndongo Samba Sylla and Fanny Pigeaud, offer a series of sharp political reflections on the French effort to subdue and subvert democracy in its former colonies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith incisive analysis of recent events in Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Senegal, the book offers an eye-opening counter-history of democracy and elections, and how the vote was limited in the first French colonies; the organisation of unequal rights within the new colonies; the spread of one-party regimes; significant historical coups d'etat; and the role of contemporary electoral interference.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pigeaud, Fanny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54567888257361,"sku":"9780745351711","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/9780745351711.jpg?v=1786628804","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/9780745351711","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}