Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa / / 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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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