{{short description|American political scientist}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} thumb|Englebert in 2016 '''Pierre Englebert''' is an American political scientist who specializes in the politics of Francophone Africa and Central Africa.<ref name="E-IR interview">{{cite news |last1=Zhang |first1=Jinze |title=Interview – Pierre Englebert |url=https://www.e-ir.info/2022/04/02/interview-pierre-englebert/ |access-date=5 January 2023 |work=E-International Relations |date=2 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bierschenk |first1=Thomas |title=Review of Africa: Unity, Sovereignty, and Sorrow |journal=Africa Spectrum |date=2010 |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=161–165 |jstor=41336271}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Enstad |first1=Craig |title=Review of State Legitimacy and Development in Africa |journal=The International Journal of African Historical Studies |date=2003 |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=160–162 |doi=10.2307/3559337 |issn=0361-7882}}</ref> He is the H. Russell Smith Professor of International Relations and Professor of Politics at Pomona College in Claremont, California.<ref name="Official">{{cite web |title=Pierre Englebert |url=https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/pierre-englebert |publisher=Pomona College |access-date=15 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He previously worked at the World Bank in West Africa.<ref name="E-IR interview" /> Underlining much of Englebert's work are his arguments on how externally granted (de iure) sovereignty is used as a resource by African elites, who then redistribute state positions through patron-client relationships. This is an extension of the existing "neopatrimonialism" theory of African politics.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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==External links== *[https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/pierre-englebert Faculty page] at Pomona College
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