An Introduction to African Politics (Hardcover, 4 ed)

1. Introduction: state, civil society and external interests 2. History: Africa’s pre-colonial and colonial inheritance 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 9. Sovereignty II: neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa’s political economy 10. Authority: the crises of accumulation, governance and state collapse 11. Democracy: re-legitimising the African state? 12. Conclusions: The changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in the post colonial era