Patrick Chabal

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Patrick Chabal is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Chabal has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Anthropology, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Patrick Chabal's work include African history and culture studies (27 papers), International Development and Aid (8 papers) and African history and culture analysis (5 papers). Patrick Chabal is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (27 papers), International Development and Aid (8 papers) and African history and culture analysis (5 papers). Patrick Chabal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and France. Patrick Chabal's co-authors include Jean‐Pascal Daloz, Gail M. Gerhart, Richard Sandbrook, Eghosa E. Osaghae, Gerhard Seibert, Michel Cahen, Sara Rich Dorman, Peter Skalník, Gary M. Feinman and David Birmingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, International Affairs and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Chabal

83 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Patrick Chabal 1.7k 770 615 515 241 107 2.8k
Göran Hydén 1.5k 0.9× 709 0.9× 476 0.8× 608 1.2× 363 1.5× 117 3.2k
Robert L. Tignor 1.9k 1.1× 962 1.2× 866 1.4× 288 0.6× 264 1.1× 99 3.3k
Colin Leys 1.5k 0.9× 855 1.1× 406 0.7× 344 0.7× 442 1.8× 104 3.1k
Jean-François Bayart 1.4k 0.8× 637 0.8× 568 0.9× 315 0.6× 141 0.6× 80 2.1k
Robert I. Rotberg 2.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 608 1.0× 346 0.7× 273 1.1× 172 3.7k
Christopher Clapham 1.6k 0.9× 1.4k 1.8× 419 0.7× 621 1.2× 189 0.8× 111 2.7k
Donald Rothchild 2.3k 1.3× 1.5k 2.0× 291 0.5× 678 1.3× 210 0.9× 109 3.3k
Timothy M. Shaw 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 233 0.4× 765 1.5× 253 1.0× 232 2.6k
Walter Rodney 1.1k 0.6× 430 0.6× 602 1.0× 210 0.4× 185 0.8× 36 2.4k
Jean‐Pascal Daloz 1.1k 0.7× 526 0.7× 255 0.4× 299 0.6× 150 0.6× 36 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Chabal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chabal, Patrick. (2011). Jan Abbink & Mirjam de Bruijn (eds.), Land, Law and Politics in Africa: mediating conflict and reshaping the state. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2010). War and the politics of identity in Ethiopia: the making of enemies and allies in the Horn of Africa. Research Portal (King's College London). 86(3). 806–807. 3 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2010). Magic and warfare: appearance and reality in contemporary African conflict and beyond.. Research Portal (King's College London). 86(4). 1033–1034. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2010). A history of modern Africa: 1800 to the present.. Research Portal (King's College London). 86(4). 1031–1032. 31 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2009). Africa: altered states, ordinary miracles. Research Portal (King's College London). 85(2). 427–428. 46 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2007). Violence, political culture and development in Africa. Research Portal (King's College London). 83(3). 605–606. 22 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2005). Area Studies and Comparative Politics: Africa in context. Africa Spectrum. 40(3). 471–484. 4 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick, Gary M. Feinman, & Peter Skalník. (2004). Beyond States and Empires: Chiefdoms and Informal Politics. Social Evolution & History. 3(1). 11 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2002). State in society: studying how states and societies transform and constitute one another.. Research Portal (King's College London). 78(2). 380–381. 54 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2002). Chiefs know their boundaries: essays on property, power and the past in Asante, 1896-1996. Research Portal (King's College London). 78(3). 657–658. 62 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2001). The politics of patronage in Africa: parastatals, privatization and private enterprise.. Research Portal (King's College London). 77(1). 231–231. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2000). The poor are not us: poverty and pastoralism.. Research Portal (King's College London). 76(3). 686–687. 17 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (2000). African democracy in the era of globalisation. Research Portal (King's College London). 22(1). 112–114. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (1996). The Prospects for Democracy in Lusophone Africa. Research Portal (King's College London). 12. 185–200. 2 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (1996). The Curse of War in Angola and Mozambique: Lusophone African Decolonization in Historical Perspective. Africa Insight. 26(1). 5–12. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (1995). Entender la política del África negra postcolonial. Research Portal (King's College London). 37–43. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick. (1991). Pouvoir et Violence en Afrique Contemporaine. Politique africaine. 1 indexed citations
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Chabal, Patrick, et al.. (1988). Augusto de Conrado, an early Mozambican poet. Research Portal (King's College London). 4. 206–218.
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Chabal, Patrick. (1988). Portugal: the revolution in perspective. Research Portal (King's College London).
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Chabal, Patrick. (1980). Party Politics behind Guinea-Bissau Coup. Research Portal (King's College London). 1 indexed citations

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