An introduction to African politics
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An introduction to African politics
Routledge, 2023
5th ed
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introductions and the Historical Inheritance
- State, civil society and external interests
- History : Africa's pre-colonial and colonial inheritance
- Case study : Mali's historical inheritance
- The Dominant African State, 1960s-1970s
- Ideology : nationalism, socialism, populism and state capitalism
- Case study : socialism and ujamaa in Tanzania
- Ethnicity and religion : 'tribes', gods and political identity
- Case study : ethnicity, religion and the nation-state in Nigeria
- Social class : the search for class politics in Africa
- Case study : social class in Botswana
- Legitimacy : neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African state
- Case study : personal rule in Côte d'Ivoire
- Coercion : military intervention in African politics
- Case study : Uganda's 1971 military coup
- Sovereignty I : external influences on African politics
- Case study : Somalia's international relations
- The Weakened Africa State, 1980s-1990s
- Sovereignty II : neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa's political economy
- Case study : Ghana's structural adjustment
- Authority : the crises of accumulation, governance and state collapse
- Case study : Zaire - Mobutu's vampire state
- The Re-fashioned African State, 1990s-present
- Democracy : multi-party elections re-legitimising the African state?
- Case study : Algeria's unconsolidated democracy
- Hybrid regimes : 'Africa rising', stalled transitions, or something in-between?
- Case study : Angola's electoral authoritarianism
- Conclusions
- The changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in post-colonial Africa
