Politics and society in contemporary Africa / Naomi Chazan ... [et al.].

Contributor Chazan, Naomi, 1946-

Edition Statement:3rd ed.

Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999.

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

Note:Introduction -- 1. The diversity of African politics: trends and approaches -- PART 1. THE STRUCTURES OF POLITICS: 2. State intitutions 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 -- APPENDICES: 1. Acronyms -- 2. Changes in country names -- 3. Basic political data.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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