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Bernstein Henry. . 1981. . ‘Notes on State and Peasantry,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 21:: 44––62. .
Markovitz Irving Leonard. . 1977. . Power and Class in Africa . , Englewood Cliffs , N. J. : : Prentice‐Hall. .
Frances Hill. . 1977. . ‘Experiments with a Public Sector Peasantry: Agricultural Schemes and Class Formation in Africa,’. . African Studies Review . , Vol. 20((3)): 25––41. .
Stein Howard. . 1985. . ‘Theories of the State in Tanzania: A Critical Assessment,’. . Journal of Modern African Studies . , Vol. 23((1)): 44––62. .
Freyhold Mlchaela von. . 1977. . ‘The Post‐Colonial State and its Tanzanian Version,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 8:: 75––89. .
Samoff Joel. . 1983. . ‘Bureaucrats, Politicians and Power in Tanzania: the institutional context of class struggle,’. . Journal of African Studies . , Vol. 10((3)): 84––96. .
1979. . ‘The Bureaucracy and the Bourgeoisie: decentralization and class structure in Tanzania,’. . Comparative Studies in Society and History . , Vol. 21((1)): 30––62. .
Brett E. A.. 1978. . ‘Relations of Production, the State and the Ugandan Crisis,’. . West African Journal of Sociology and Political Science . , Vol. 1((3)): 249––284. .
Callaghy Thomas M.. 1984. . the State‐Society Struggle: Zaire in Comparative Perspective . , New York : : Columbia University Press. .
Leys Colin. . 1975. . Underdevelopment in Kenya; The Political Economy of Neo‐colonialism . , Berkeley : : University of California Press. .
1976. . ‘The “Overdeveloped” Post‐Colonial State: A Re‐evaluation,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 5:: 39––48. .
Miliband Ralph and Saville John. , eds. 1978. . “‘Capital Accumulation, Class Formation and Dependency,’. ”. In The Socialist Register . p. 241––266. .
Swainson Nicola. . 1978. . The Development of corporate Capitalism in Kenya 1918–1977 . , Berkeley : : University of California Press. .
Kitching Gavin. . 1980. . Class and Economic Change in Kenya; The Making of an African Bourgeoisie . , New Haven : : Yale University Press. .
Beckman Bjorn. . 1980. . ‘Imperialism and Capitalist Transformation: Critique of a Kenya Debate,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 19:: 48––62. .
Langdon Steven. . 1977. . ‘The State and Capitalism in Kenya,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 8:: 90––98. .
Admin Samir. . 1974. . Unequal Development; An Essay on the Social Formations of Peripheral Capitalism and Accumulation on a World Scale . , New York : : both Monthly Review Press. .
Shivji Issa G.. 1976. . Class Struggles in Tanzania . , New York : : Monthly Review Press. .
Saul John S.. 1979. . “‘The State in Postcolonial Societies,’. ”. In The State and Revolution in Eastern Africa . , p. 167––199. . New York : : Monthly Review Press. .
Currie Kate and Ray Larry. . 1984. . ‘State and Class in Kenya — Notes on the Cohesion of the Ruling Class,’. . Journal of Modern African Studies . , Vol. 22((4)): 559––593. .
Meillassoux Claude. . 1970. . ‘A Class Analysis of the Bureaucratic Process in Mali,’. . The Journal of Development Studies . , Vol. 6((2)): 97––110. .
Schatzberg Michael G.. 1980. . Politics and Class in Zaire . , New York : : African Publishing Company. .
Young Crawford and Turner Thomas. . 1985. . The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State . , Madison , Wi. : : University of Wisconsin Press. .
Young Crawford. . 1982. . ‘Patterns of Social Conflict: State, Class and Ethnicity,’. . Daedalus . , Vol. 3((2)): 71––98. .
Kasfir Nelson. . 1984. . “‘Relating Class to State in Africa,’. ”. In State and Class in Africa . , Edited by: Kasfir. . p. 1––20. . London : : Frank Cass. .
Bayart Jean‐Francois. . 1979. . L'Etat au Cameroun . , Paris : : Presses de la Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. .
Sklar Richard L.. 1979. . ‘The Nature of Class Domination in Africa,’. . The Journal of Modern African Studies . , Vol. 17((4)): 551––552. .
Anderson Perry. . 1974. . Lineages of the Absolutist State . , London : : NLB. .

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[1] Bernstein Henry. . 1981. . ‘Notes on State and Peasantry,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 21:: 44––62. .

[2] Markovitz Irving Leonard. . 1977. . Power and Class in Africa . , Englewood Cliffs , N. J. : : Prentice‐Hall. .

[3] Frances Hill. . 1977. . ‘Experiments with a Public Sector Peasantry: Agricultural Schemes and Class Formation in Africa,’. . African Studies Review . , Vol. 20((3)): 25––41. .

[4] Stein Howard. . 1985. . ‘Theories of the State in Tanzania: A Critical Assessment,’. . Journal of Modern African Studies . , Vol. 23((1)): 44––62. .

[5] Freyhold Mlchaela von. . 1977. . ‘The Post‐Colonial State and its Tanzanian Version,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 8:: 75––89. .

[6] Samoff Joel. . 1983. . ‘Bureaucrats, Politicians and Power in Tanzania: the institutional context of class struggle,’. . Journal of African Studies . , Vol. 10((3)): 84––96. .

[7] 1979. . ‘The Bureaucracy and the Bourgeoisie: decentralization and class structure in Tanzania,’. . Comparative Studies in Society and History . , Vol. 21((1)): 30––62. .

[8] Brett E. A.. 1978. . ‘Relations of Production, the State and the Ugandan Crisis,’. . West African Journal of Sociology and Political Science . , Vol. 1((3)): 249––284. .

[9] Callaghy Thomas M.. 1984. . the State‐Society Struggle: Zaire in Comparative Perspective . , New York : : Columbia University Press. .

[10] Leys Colin. . 1975. . Underdevelopment in Kenya; The Political Economy of Neo‐colonialism . , Berkeley : : University of California Press. .

[11] 1976. . ‘The “Overdeveloped” Post‐Colonial State: A Re‐evaluation,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 5:: 39––48. .

[12] Miliband Ralph and Saville John. , eds. 1978. . “‘Capital Accumulation, Class Formation and Dependency,’. ”. In The Socialist Register . p. 241––266. .

[13] Swainson Nicola. . 1978. . The Development of corporate Capitalism in Kenya 1918–1977 . , Berkeley : : University of California Press. .

[14] Kitching Gavin. . 1980. . Class and Economic Change in Kenya; The Making of an African Bourgeoisie . , New Haven : : Yale University Press. .

[15] Beckman Bjorn. . 1980. . ‘Imperialism and Capitalist Transformation: Critique of a Kenya Debate,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 19:: 48––62. .

[16] Langdon Steven. . 1977. . ‘The State and Capitalism in Kenya,’. . ROAPE . , Vol. 8:: 90––98. .

[17] Admin Samir. . 1974. . Unequal Development; An Essay on the Social Formations of Peripheral Capitalism and Accumulation on a World Scale . , New York : : both Monthly Review Press. .

[18] Shivji Issa G.. 1976. . Class Struggles in Tanzania . , New York : : Monthly Review Press. .

[19] Saul John S.. 1979. . “‘The State in Postcolonial Societies,’. ”. In The State and Revolution in Eastern Africa . , p. 167––199. . New York : : Monthly Review Press. .

[20] Currie Kate and Ray Larry. . 1984. . ‘State and Class in Kenya — Notes on the Cohesion of the Ruling Class,’. . Journal of Modern African Studies . , Vol. 22((4)): 559––593. .

[21] Meillassoux Claude. . 1970. . ‘A Class Analysis of the Bureaucratic Process in Mali,’. . The Journal of Development Studies . , Vol. 6((2)): 97––110. .

[22] Schatzberg Michael G.. 1980. . Politics and Class in Zaire . , New York : : African Publishing Company. .

[23] Young Crawford and Turner Thomas. . 1985. . The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State . , Madison , Wi. : : University of Wisconsin Press. .

[24] Young Crawford. . 1982. . ‘Patterns of Social Conflict: State, Class and Ethnicity,’. . Daedalus . , Vol. 3((2)): 71––98. .

[25] Kasfir Nelson. . 1984. . “‘Relating Class to State in Africa,’. ”. In State and Class in Africa . , Edited by: Kasfir. . p. 1––20. . London : : Frank Cass. .

[26] Bayart Jean‐Francois. . 1979. . L'Etat au Cameroun . , Paris : : Presses de la Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. .

[27] Sklar Richard L.. 1979. . ‘The Nature of Class Domination in Africa,’. . The Journal of Modern African Studies . , Vol. 17((4)): 551––552. .

[28] Anderson Perry. . 1974. . Lineages of the Absolutist State . , London : : NLB. .

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