عنوان

An introduction to African politics

شابک

9786610046768

کد کشور

IR

شماره

ebook4972

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

کشور محل نشر

IR

عنوان اصلي

An introduction to African politics

نام عام مواد

[Electronic Resource]

نام نخستين پديدآور

/ Alex Thomson

وضعيت ويراست

Second edition.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 284 pages

ساير جزييات

: map ; 24 cm

متن يادداشت

Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 15, 2007).

متن يادداشت

GMD: electronic resource.

متن يادداشت

e

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction: state, civil society and external interests -- Why study African politics? -- The multiple political systems of Africa -- The book's thematic approach -- State, civil society and external interests -- History: Africa's pre-colonial and colonial inheritance -- The pre-colonial inheritance -- The colonial inheritance -- State and civil society -- Case study: Kenya's historical inheritance -- Ideology: nationalism, socialism, populism and state capitalism -- Decolonisation in Africa -- Nationalism -- African nationalism -- The differing ideological shades of African nationalism -- State and civil society -- Case study: socialism and ujamaa in Tanzania -- Ethnicity and religion: 'tribes', gods and political identity -- Definitions of ethnicity -- The creation of 'tribes' -- Ethnicity as a method of modern political mobilisation -- Religion and African politics -- State and civil society -- Case study: ethnicity and the nation-state in Nigeria -- Social class: the search for class politics in Africa -- Marx on social class -- The problems of exporting Marx to Africa -- The African mode of production -- A more flexible look at social class in Africa -- Identifiable social groups within African society -- The value of class analysis in explaining African politics -- State and civil society -- Case study: social class in Botswana -- Legitimacy: neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African state -- Centralisation of the African state -- Personal rule -- The search for legitimacy -- Clientelism -- State and civil society -- Case study: personal rule in Cote d'Ivoire -- Coercion: military intervention in African politics -- African military coups d'etat -- Why has Africa experienced so many military coups? -- Problems facing military rulers -- The outcomes of military rule in Africa -- State and civil society -- Case study: Uganda's 1971 military coup -- Sovereignty I: external influences on African politics -- Inter-African international relations -- Superpowers, the Cold War and Africa -- The impact of the Cold War on African politics -- Africa and the New World Order -- State, civil society and external interests -- Case study: Somalia's international relations -- Sovereignty II: neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa's political economy -- Burdens of the international economy -- The African debt crisis -- The era of structural adjustment -- The consequences of structural adjustment -- State, civil society and external interests -- Case study: Ghana's structural adjustment -- Authority: the crises of accumulation, governance and state collapse -- The growing crisis of state legitimacy -- The loss of state authority -- The state's own survival strategies -- State and civil society -- Case study: Zaire - Mobutu's vampire state -- Democracy: re-legitimising the African state? -- Democracy -- Explaining the emergence of multi-party democracy -- The obstacles to democratic consolidation -- State and civil society -- Case study: the search for democracy in Algeria -- Conclusions: state and civil society in post-colonial Africa -- A guide to African politics resources on the internet.

عنوان گونه گون

CRKN - Taylor & Francis ebooks

موضوع مستند نشده

Africa--Politics and government

موضوع مستند نشده

Electronic books.--local

شماره

شماره رده

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Thomson, A. J. P

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

MyiLibrary

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Taylor & Francis

کشور

ایران

شماره بازیابی

320.96

تاريخ و ساعت مذاکره و دسترسي

0203403150.pdf

نوع فرمت الکترونيکي

0

وضعیت فهرست نویسی

old catalog

فرمت انتشار

e

نوع ماده

BL

پیشوند ISBD اعمال شده است

1

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y