Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa / / Naomi Chazan, Robert A. Mortimer, Peter Lewis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Chazan, Naomi,; Lewis, Peter,; Mortimer, Robert A. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (548 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Map of Africa --; Introduction --; I The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches --; PART I 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 Coping with Transformation: Approaches to Development --; 10 Coping with Change: Crisis and Attempted Reform --; PART 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS --; 11 Inter-African Relations --; 12 Africa in World Politics --; PART 5 POLITICAL FUTURES --; 13 South Africa: The Possibilities and Limits of Transforming State and Society --; 14 Africa in the Twenty-First Century --; Appendix 1: Acronyms --; Appendix 2: Changes in Country Names --; Appendix 3: Basic Political Data --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685859695; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685859695
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Naomi Chazan, Robert A. Mortimer, Peter Lewis.

The authors provide a basic knowledge of political events; political structures, processes, problems, and trends; political economy; and international relations. Clearly organized charts offer easy access to current political, economic, and social data. This edition includes entirely new chapters on political economy and South Africa; as well as revised discussions of civil society, democratic transitions, decentralization, structural adjustment, and Africa in the world economy.