Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The study of politics and Africa -- The movement legacy -- The problematic State -- The economy of affection -- Big man rule -- The policy deficit -- The agrarian question -- Gender and politics -- Ethnicity and conflict -- The external dimension -- So what do we know? -- Quo vadis Africa?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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By reviewing fifty rears of research on politics in Africa, this volume offers the most comprehensive text on this subject that has been written in many years. It also shows how research on African politics relates to the study of politics in other regions of the world.
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Title
African politics in comparative perspective.
International Standard Book Number
0521671949
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Comparative government.
Political science-- Africa.
Institutions politiques comparées.
Science politique-- Afrique.
Comparative government.
Internationaler Vergleich
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.
Political science.
Politics and government
Politieke stelsels.
Politik
Politische Wissenschaft
Politische Wissenschaft-- Afrika-- Geschichte-- 1960-2005.
Vergelijkende politicologie.
Vergleichende Politologie.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Africa, Politics and government, 1960-
Afrique, Politique et gouvernement, 1960-
Africa.
Afrika
Afrika, Politik.
Afrika, Politische Wissenschaft, Geschichte, 1960-2005.