TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomson,Alex
TI  - An introduction to African politics
SN  - 9781138782839 (hardback)
AV  - DT31 .THO  2016
U1  - 320.96 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London; New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Africa
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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
ER  -