| Description |
xii, 257 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Africa series |
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Africa series (Zed Press)
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| Contents |
Introduction / Yolamu R. Barongo -- Part I. Content and relevance -- Teaching political science as a vocation in Africa / Omu Omoruyi -- Science vs. philosophy : The need for a relevant political science / Henry I. Ejembi -- Teaching political science in African universities : A problem-solving approach / Eme O. Awa -- The African peasantry : Neglected by African political science / Ebitini Chikwendu -- Class interest in the teaching of political science in African universities / Wang Metuge -- Towards a development oriented political science curriculum / Olatunde J.B. Ojo -- Part II. Scope and approaches -- Elections and election studies in Africa / Denis L. Cohen -- Public administration in Africa : Separate area or sub-discipline? / J.B. Ojo -- Political science and political economy / Bjorn Beckman -- Primary requirements for the unity of political science and economics / Eskor Toyo -- Imperialism and the politics of area studies / Okello Oculi -- Alternative appraoches to African politics / Yolamu R. Barongo -- Part III. Theory and methodology -- Non-ethnocentric flaws in competing non-Marxist paradigms of development / Eskor Toyo -- Dependency and revolutionary theory in the African situation / Franz J.T. Lee -- African elite theories and Nigerian elite consolidation : A political economy analysis / William D. Graf -- Essence and empiricism in African politics / Otwin Marenin -- The tyranny of borrowed paradigms and the responsibility of political science : The Nigerian experience / S. Egite Oyovbaire |
| Analysis |
Africa Universities Curriculum subjects: Political science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political science -- Study and teaching -- Africa.
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Political science -- Africa.
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| Author |
Barongo, Yolamu R., 1940-
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| LC no. |
82184322 |
| ISBN |
086232033X |
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0862320348 (paperback) |
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