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?
Summary
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index
