Job title:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Political Science
Bio/CV:
Martha Wilfahrt is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies African politics with a focus on redistributive politics, state-society relation and historical legacies. On-going projects include research on the long-run impact of precolonial statehood on contemporary governance in West Africa and work examining how colonialism impacted community development strategies.
Research interests:
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Governance / Democracy
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Development
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Africa
Role: