Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa / / Robert Mortimer, John Ravenhill, Naomi Chazan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Chazan, Naomi,; Mortimer, Robert,; Ravenhill, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (460 p.)

Recognized as the textbook on African politics, as well as an excellent resource for scholars, Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa analyzes the complexities and diversities of the African continent since independence.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Preface -- Changes in Country Names -- Map of Africa -- Introduction -- 1 The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches -- PART 1 THE STRUCTURES OF POLITICS -- 2 State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena -- 3 Social Groupings -- 4 Ethnicity, Class, and the State -- PART 2 POLITICAL PROCESS AND POLITICAL CHANGE -- 5 Regimes in Independent Africa -- 6 High Politics: The Procedures and Practices of Government -- 7 Deep Politics: Political Response, Protest, and Conflict -- 8 Political Transitions and Patterns of Change -- PART 3 POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 9 Political Economy: Policy Choices in a Constraining Environment -- 10 Africa and the World Economy -- 11 Inter-African Relations -- 12 Africa in World Politics -- PART 5 POLITICAL FUTURES -- 13 South Africa: Race and Politics -- 14 Africa Toward the Year 2000 -- Appendix 1. Acronyms -- Appendix 2. Basic Political Data -- Index -- About the Book and the Authors