Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa
Title | Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi Chazan |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Pub |
Pages | 545 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781555876791 |
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. 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. -- Publisher description.
Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa
Title | Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi Chazan |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 539 |
Release | 1999-11-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1349144908 |
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
Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa
Title | Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Naomi Chazan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | 9781685852351 |
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.
Reframing Contemporary Africa
Title | Reframing Contemporary Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Peyi Soyinka-Airewele |
Publisher | CQ Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010-01-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780872894075 |
It is impossible to study Africa without understanding the debate about how to study Africa. At last, a book showcases the complexities and paradoxes of Africa’s recent and more distant history, while avoiding simplistic, Eurocentric conceptualizations of “black Africa.” With this book, Peyi Soyinka-Aiwerele and Rita Kiki Edozie offer students the background and perspectives they need to comprehend the dynamics of the continent as well as a clear path through the current literature and scholarly debate. With a cross-disciplinary approach that features political, historical, and economic analysis as well as popular culture and sociological views on contemporary issues, Reframing Contemporary Africa provides an unparalleled breadth of coverage. Essays written by a distinguished and international group of scholars—including William Ackah, Pius Adesanmi, Susan Craddock, Caroline Elkins, Siba Grovogui, Mahmood Mamdani, Mutua Makau, Celestin Monga, Wole Soyinka, and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza—are designed to distill original scholarship for undergraduate readers. Each contribution helps students engage with the work and arguments of luminaries while exposing them to renowned African thinkers. Contributors deliver analysis that allows students to see beyond the clichés commonly presented in the media (and even in scholarship), and helpful section openers by Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie frame forthcoming chapters, giving important thematic and historical context. Reframing Contemporary Africa will certainly provoke new debate and reflection, not merely about African issues and politics, but also about the West and its framing of Africa.
African Politics and Society
Title | African Politics and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Irving Leonard Markovitz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 518 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Collection of essays on political and social changes taking place in contemporary Africa south of Sahara - gives the historical background, covers precolonial political leadership, the struggle for accession to independence, the growth of movements against the role of UK, the role of France and the role of Portugal in africa, parliamentary practices after independence, socialist political parties, political problems, the reasons for the ascendancy of the armed forces, economic planning, etc. Bibliography pp. 459 to 465, and references.
African Politics and Society
Title | African Politics and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Peter J. Schraeder |
Publisher | Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 9780312076030 |
"Examines continuity and change in African politics and society from the precolonial era to the present, with particular focus on the post-Cold War era". -- Jacket.
Contemporary African Politics
Title | Contemporary African Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Bamidele A. Ojo |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780761813286 |
Eight papers from a November 1997 panel in Philadelphia provide a wide range of perspectives on the transition to democracy across the continent, which has been a major focus of attention since the end of the cold war. Some of the political scientist authors consider Africa as a whole, exploring such topics as the democratic discourse in international relations, the military, and economic recovery. Others look in particular at Uganda, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR