Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa
Naomi Chazan (Author) , Robert A. Mortimer (Author) , Donald Rothchild (Author) , Peter Lewis (Author) , Stephen John Stedman (Author)
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Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa
Naomi Chazan (Author) , Robert A. Mortimer (Author) , Donald Rothchild (Author) , Peter Lewis (Author) , Stephen John Stedman (Author)
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Africa has undergone significant political, economic, and social change since the first edition of this book was published in early 1988. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition includes current economic, social, and political data, as well as entirely new sections on the dismantling of apartheid, civil society, democratization and multiparty politics, economic reform and structural adjustment, and the prospects for African development in the twenty-first century. Review comments on the first edition: 'Required reading for any course on politics and society of the African continent' West Africa. 'The best available textbook on the subject ... this volume stands unchallenged in its comprehensiveness and sophistication.' - Choice
Table of Contents
PART 1: THE STRUCTURES OF POLITICS
State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena
Social Groupings
Ethnicity, Class, and the State
PART 2: POLITICAL PROCESS AND POLITICAL CHANGE
Regimes in Independent Africa
High Politics: The Procedures and Practices of Government
Deep Politics: Political Response, Protest and Conflict
Political Transitions and Patterns of Change
PART 3: POLITICAL ECONOMY
Coping with Transformation: Approaches to Development
Coping with Change: Crisis and Attempted Reform
PART 4: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Inter-African Relations
Africa in World Politics
PART 5: POLITICAL FUTURES South Africa
The Possibilities and Limits of Transforming State and Society
Africa in the Twenty-First Century.
Product details
| Published | 03 Sep 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 548 |
| ISBN | 9780333694756 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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