03943cam a2200553 i 4500 ocm40943509 OCoLC 20241217112031.0 990302s1999 coub b 001 0 eng 99024154 1555876684 (hc ; alk. paper) 9781555876685 (hc ; alk. paper) 155587679X (pb ; alk. paper) 9781555876791 (pb ; alk. paper) 0333694759 (pbk.) 9780333694756 (pbk.) AU@ 000014607631 AU@ 000022186990 NZ1 13423650 NZ1 2528806 YDXCP 1569018 YDXCP 1569019 (OCoLC)40943509 (OCoLC)891917568 (OCoLC)971344982 (OCoLC)1022668638 (OCoLC)1055449154 (OCoLC)1167026063 (OCoLC)1421161293 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY f------ JQ1875 .P75 Politics and society in contemporary Africa / Naomi Chazan, Peter Lewis, Robert Mortimer, Donald Rothchild, Stephen John Stedman. Third edition. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. xi, 543 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction ---- 1. The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches ---- PART I. THE STRUCTURES OF POLITICS. 2. State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena --- 3. Social Groupings --- 4. Ethnicity, Class, and the State ---- PART II. POLITICAL PROCESS AND POLITICAL CHANGE. 5. Regimes in Independent Africa --- 6. High Politics: The Procedures and Practices of Government --- 7. Deep Politics: Political Response, Protest, and Conflict --- 8. Political Transitions and Patterns of Change ---- PART III. POLITICAL ECONOMY. 9. Coping with Transformation: Approaches to Development --- 10. Coping with Change: Crisis and Attempted Reform ---- PART IV. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. 11. Inter-African Relations --- 12. Africa in World Politics ---- PART V. POLITICAL FUTURES. 13. South Africa: The Possibilities and Limits of Transforming State and Society --- 14. Africa in the 21st Century ---- Appendixes. Recognized as the textbook on African politics, as well as an excellent resource for scholars, Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa analyzes the complexities and diversities of the African continent since independence. The authors provide a basic knowledge of political events; political structures, processes, problems, and trends; political economy; and international relations. Clearly organized charts offer easy access to current political, economic, and social data. This edition includes entirely new chapters on political economy and South Africa, as well as revised discussions of civil society, democratic transitions, decentralization, structural adjustment, and Africa in the world economy. -- Publisher description. Since 1960 fast Diplomatic relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01907412 Economic history. fast (OCoLC)fst00901974 Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741 Social conditions. fast (OCoLC)fst01919811 Africa Politics and government 1960- Book Chazan, Naomi, 1946- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfxd93bPFwyCVDGTfPqQq Lewis, Peter, 1957- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjJqhgQXJQdgTQ8kdPgywK Mortimer, Robert A., author. Rothchild, Donald S., author. Stedman, Stephen John, author. has work: Politics and society in contemporary Africa (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFxWhPYPFhbm8xYXd69B6C https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork lcc BK JQ1875 P75 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 466 OTHER HOLDINGS 3136 3136 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-12-17 0 JQ1875 .P75 2024-4724 2024-12-17 11:21:31 C.1 2024-12-17 BK