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1 online resource (326 pages) |
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Cover; African Politics in Comparative Perspective, Second Edition; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; ADDITION TO THE SECOND EDITION; 1 The Study of Politics and Africa; HOW POLITICAL SCIENTISTS DO THEIR SCIENCE; WHY AFRICA MATTERS TODAY; Studying Africa; AFRICA'S GEOGRAPHY; AFRICA'S HISTORY; AFRICA'S ECONOMY; POLITICAL FACTS ABOUT AFRICA; ORGANIZATION OF THIS VOLUME; CONCLUSIONS; 2 The Supremacy of Politics; THE RISE AND PRACTICE OF POLITICAL SUPREMACY; The Party State; The Development State; The Efficient State; The Democratic State; THE LIBERATION MOVEMENTS |
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RENEWAL OF THE MOVEMENT IDEAMOVEMENTS IN PERSPECTIVE; STRUCTURAL FACTORS; Modernization Revisited; THE ABSENCE OF A PUBLIC SPHERE; CONCLUSION; 3 The Problematic State; COMMUNITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; THE STATE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; State and Class; State and Society; State and Bureaucracy; STATES AND POWER IN AFRICA; CONCLUSION; 4 The Economy of Affection; THE ECONOMY OF AFFECTION; Definition; illustrations; INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN PERSPECTIVE; Types of Informal Institutions; Formal and Informal Institutions; ECONOMY OF AFFECTION IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES |
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CONCLUSION5 Big Man Rule; THE FOCUS ON PERSONAL RULE; THEORIZING PERSONAL RULE; REINING IN THE BIG MAN; The Period of Opportunism; The Period of Realism; CONCLUSION; 6 The Policy Paradox; PLANNING, SELF-HELP, AND DEVELOPMENT; THE WE-MUST-RUN STRATEGY; Main Features; Implications; The Demise; POLICY REFORMS; Getting Prices Right; Reforming the State; CONCLUSION; 7 The Agrarian Question; THE CHANGES IN AFRICA'S RURAL AREAS; A Comparative Note; The Colonial Period; The Statist Years; The Market Reform Years; REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE; Concerns of the Policy Community |
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Foreign Land AcquisitionsConflicts over Land; Outstanding Issues; CONCLUSION; 8 The Gender Issue; THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIMENSION; Kinship Structures and Women; Marriage by Alliance rather than Descent; THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION; THE SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSION; WOMEN IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE; Women in Politics; Women in Public Life; CONCLUSION; 9 The Ethnic Factor; BACKGROUND; DEFINITIONS; CONFLICTS AND CONFLICT PATTERNS; CAUSES OF CONFLICT; Ethnicity as Causal Variable; Structural Explanations; Enthnopolitical Explanations; CONCLUSION; 10 The External Dimension; THE ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY |
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Structures of DependenceInfluence of Capitalism; Consequences of Incorporation; The New Political Economy; Africa and Globalization; THE POLITICAL DEPENDENCY; Changes in Foreign Aid; Impact of Foreign Aid; CONCLUSION; 11 What We know and How; HOW DO WE ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE?; WHAT IS THE ACCUMULATED WISDOM?; Ten Points of Agreement; Africa's Untamed Politics: A Summary Statement; Implications for Research; Contextuality and Comparability; HOW IS KNOWLEDGE BEING APPLIED?; CONCLUSION; 12 Quo Vadis Africa?; POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA; Africa Is Best Off Left Alone |
| Summary |
This expanded second edition of African Politics in Comparative Perspective reviews fifty years of research on politics in Africa |
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Make the World Serve Africa's Needs |
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Print version record |
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Political science -- Africa
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Comparative government.
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Comparative government
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Political science
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Politics and government
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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Africa
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139780056 |
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1139780050 |
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