An Introduction to African Politics
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
2016.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991006902299706719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: state, civil society and external interests
- History: Africa's pre-colonial and colonial inheritance ; Case study: Kenya's historical inheritance
- 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
- 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
- Democracy: re-legitimising the african state? ; Case study: Zimbabwe's fall from democratic grace
- Conclusions: the changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in the post colonial era.
