Barry DriscollBarry Driscoll (he/him/his) is an associate professor at Grinnell College. His article “Big Man or Boogey Man? The Concept of the Big Man in Africanist Political Science” was published in the Journal of Modern African Studies and his research nd teaching interests center on states in the political economy of development, especially local governance, taxation, political parties, clientelism, and state capacity. Read More Read Less