Alex Thomson

An Introduction to African Politics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The fifth edition of An Introduction to African Politics is an ideal textbook for those new to the study of this fascinating continent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000817829
• Artikelnr.: 66893714

Autorenporträt

Alex Thomson is an academic with three decades experience of teaching and researching African politics. He is currently a lecturer at Coventry University in the United Kingdom.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introductions and the Historical Inheritance 1. Introduction:
State, civil society and external interests 2. History: Africa's
pre-colonial and colonial inheritance Part 2: The Dominant African State,
1960s-1970s 3. Ideology: Nationalism, socialism, populism and state
capitalism 4. Ethnicity and religion: 'Tribes', gods and political identity
5. Social class: The search for class politics in Africa 6. Legitimacy:
Neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African
state 7. Coercion: Military intervention in African politics 8. Sovereignty
I: External influences on African politics Part 3: The Weakened Africa
State, 1980s-1990s 9. Sovereignty II: Neo-colonialism, structural
adjustment and Africa's political economy 10. Authority: The crises of
accumulation, governance and state collapse Part 4: The Re-fashioned
African State, 1990s-present 11. Democracy: Multi-party elections
re-legitimising the African state? 12. Hybrid regimes: 'Africa rising',
stalled transitions, or something in-between? Part 5: Conclusions 13.
Conclusions: The changing relationship between state, civil society and
external interests in post-colonial Africa