Politics and society in contemporary Africa

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Author:

Chazan, Naomi, 1946-

ISBN:

9780333694756

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.

Physical Description:

xi, 543 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches -- 2. State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena -- 3. Social Groupings -- 4. Ethnicity, Class, and the State -- 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 -- 9. Coping with Transformation: Approaches to Development -- 10. Coping with Change: Crisis and Attempted Reform -- 11. Inter-African Relations -- 12. Africa in World Politics -- 13. South Africa: The Possibilities and Limits of Transforming State and Society -- 14. Africa in the Twenty-First Century -- App. 2. Changes in Country Names -- App. 3. Basic Political Data.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-

Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-

Africa -- Foreign relations -- 1960-

Added Author:

Chazan, Naomi, 1946-

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Summary

The new edition of this popular and widely-used text includes entirely new chapters on political economy and South Africa and has been thoroughly revised throughout to reflect the major changes in Africa and in the wider world since the end of the Cold War. Broadly encompassing, challenging and timely, the book is a major contribution to our understanding of the multiple forces at work on the continent.