An Introduction to African Politics (Paperback, 5 ed)

Part 1: Introductions and the Historical Inheritance 1. Introduction: State, civil society and external interests 2. History: Africa’s pre-colonial and colonial inheritance Part 2: The Dominant African State, 1960s-1970s 3. Ideology: Nationalism, socialism, populism and state capitalism 4. Ethnicity and religion: ‘Tribes’, gods and political identity 5. Social class: The search for class politics in Africa 6. Legitimacy: Neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African state 7. Coercion: Military intervention in African politics 8. Sovereignty I: External influences on African politics Part 3: The Weakened Africa State, 1980s-1990s 9. Sovereignty II: Neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa’s political economy 10. Authority: The crises of accumulation, governance and state collapse Part 4: The Re-fashioned African State, 1990s-present 11. Democracy: Multi-party elections re-legitimising the African state? 12. Hybrid regimes: ‘Africa rising’, stalled transitions, or something in-between? Part 5: Conclusions 13. Conclusions: The changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in post-colonial Africa