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An introduction to African politics / Alex Thomson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London; New York: Routledge, 2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: ix, 298p.: ill.; 24cmISBN:
  • 9781138782839 (hardback)
  • 9781138782846 (pbk.)
  • 9781315767420 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.96 23
LOC classification:
  • DT31 .THO 2016
Contents:
Introduction: state, civil society and external interests -- History: Africa's pre-colonial and colonial inheritance ; Case study: Kenya's historical inheritance -- Ideology: nationalism, socialism, populism and state capitalism ; Case study: socialism and Ujamaa in Tanzania -- Ethnicity and religion: 'tribes', gods and political identity ; Case study: ethnicity, religion and the nation-state in Nigeria -- Social class: the search for class politics in Africa ; Case study: social class in Botswana -- Legitimacy: neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African state ; Case study: personal rule in Côte D'Ivoire -- Coercion: military intervention in African politics ; Case study: Uganda's 1971 military coup -- Sovereignty I: external influences on African politics ; Case study: Somalia's international relations -- Sovereignty II: neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa's political economy ; Case study: Ghana's structural adjustment -- Authority: the crises of accumulation, governance and state collapse ; Case study: Zaire, Mobutu¿s vampire state -- Democracy: re-legitimising the african state? ; Case study: Zimbabwe's fall from democratic grace -- Conclusions: the changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in the post colonial era.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: state, civil society and external interests -- History: Africa's pre-colonial and colonial inheritance ; Case study: Kenya's historical inheritance -- Ideology: nationalism, socialism, populism and state capitalism ; Case study: socialism and Ujamaa in Tanzania -- Ethnicity and religion: 'tribes', gods and political identity ; Case study: ethnicity, religion and the nation-state in Nigeria -- Social class: the search for class politics in Africa ; Case study: social class in Botswana -- Legitimacy: neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African state ; Case study: personal rule in Côte D'Ivoire -- Coercion: military intervention in African politics ; Case study: Uganda's 1971 military coup -- Sovereignty I: external influences on African politics ; Case study: Somalia's international relations -- Sovereignty II: neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa's political economy ; Case study: Ghana's structural adjustment -- Authority: the crises of accumulation, governance and state collapse ; Case study: Zaire, Mobutu¿s vampire state -- Democracy: re-legitimising the african state? ; Case study: Zimbabwe's fall from democratic grace -- Conclusions: the changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in the post colonial era.

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