Introduction To African Politics
By: Thomson, Alex (Author).
Taylor & Francis Ltd. Published: 11/03/2010. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
'The diversity of African politics is further illustrated by the inclusion of detailed case studies of individual countries, accompanied by boxed summaries of the main point in each chapter. This is a textbook which is well-presented and user friendly.' - The Times "No student of Sub-Saharan African politics can afford to be without this text. It is, by a quite considerable degree, the bestacurrent workainathe field" Adrian Flint, University of Bristol, UK Praise for the previous edition: 'This is an excellent book of great use for students. It represents a significant contribution to the study of politics in Africa.' Jeff Haynes, London Metropolitan University, UK Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0415479568/9780415479561
TITLE: Introduction to African Politics, An
CONTRIBUTORS: Thomson, Alex (Author)
EDITION: 3rd Revised edition
IMPRINT: Routledge
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 11/03/2010
SUBJECT: Politics, General
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 174mm x 246mm
PAGES: 336
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: 16 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings
CONTENTS: 1. Introduction: State, Civil Society and External Interests 2. History: Africa's pre-Colonial and Colonial Inheritance 3. Ideology: Nationalism, Socialism, Populism and State Capitalism 4. Ethnicity and Religion: 'Tribes', Gods and Political Identity 5. Social Class: The Search for Class Politics in Africa 6. Legitimacy: Neo-patrimonialism, Personal Rule and the Centralisation of the African state 7. Coercion: Military Intervention in African politics 8. Sovereignty I: External Influences on African politics 9. Sovereignty II: Neo-colonialism, Structural Adjustment and Africa's political economy 10. Authority: The Crises of Accumulation, Governance and State collapse 11. Democracy: Re-legitimising the African state? 12. Conclusions: State and Civil society in Post-colonial Africa
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