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AFRICA: A Continent Self-DestructsAFRICA: A Continent Self-Destructs
Schwab, Peter

New paperback edition. Portrays the continent on the verge of destruction, and argues that only a distinctly African approach to Africa's problems can reverse the trend. Notes, bib, map, index, x, 212pp, UK. PALGRAVE, 1403960534

2002, 2001 Paperback

 


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AFRICA: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent
Harden, Blaine

A realistic view of the continent's current political and social malaise. The author, a seasoned reporter looks beyond romanticised views of Africa and describes the reality as he has experienced it. Index, notes, b/w illus, 333pp, UK. HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 0006378560

1990 1993 Paperback 


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AFRICAN DICTATORS: The Logic of Tyranny and Lessons from HistoryAFRICAN DICTATORS: The Logic of Tyranny and Lessons from History
Nwankwo, Agwuncha Arthur

A look at the theoretical structure of state terrorism, regime-violence, and classic despotic outfits in Africa such as dictators, and junta hegemonies. This new edition also covers recent developments in Nigeria, particularly the Ogoni question and the government of General Abacha. Index, bib, app, xv, 186pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION.

1998 1990 9781564423 Paperback 


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AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITRICKS: The Art of Mismanaging Africa's Affairs
Onyebadi, Uche

A new book from the author of the popular and satirical How to Be an African Lady. 118pp, KENYA. EAST AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS.

2004 2003 9966982507 Paperback 


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AFRICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITRICKS: The Art of Mismanaging Africa's Affairs


AFRICA IN CRISIS: New Challenges and PossibilitiesAFRICA IN CRISIS: New Challenges and Possibilities
Zack-Williams, Tunde; Frost, Dianne & Thomson, Alex (Eds.)

Examines topics such as structural adjustment and labour strategies in Nigeria; the role of international donors and civil society in Zimbabwe; French foreign policy toward Africa; global-local perspectives on African security issues; and the US democratic experiment in Ghana. Notes, index, 228pp, UK. PLUTO PRESS.

2002 0745316476 Paperback 


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AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL POWER PLAY: Debates, Challenges and Potential Reforms
Moyo, Bhekinkosi

Compilation of articles that were published in different issues of the journal, African Renaissance, between 2004 and 2006. Most of the articles are from established academics, development practitioners, policymakers and policy-moulders as well as stakeholders in Africa. Though the perspectives are as varied as the contributions, the underlining theme is the timely concern about Africa and its various dimensions of development trajectories vis-a-vis that of other regions of the world. The contributors also analyse the continuous interactions and inevitable contradictory tensions that exist between the continent and the rest of the World. Index, 361pp, UK. ADONIS & ABBEY

2007 9781905068623 Paperback 


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AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL POWER PLAY: Debates, Challenges and Potential Reforms


AFRICAN NATIONS AND LEADERSAFRICAN NATIONS AND LEADERS
A six volume series exploring the history of Africa, looking at the geography, climate and people who characterise each region. This volume explores the nations of the continent and their leaders. Illustrated in colour throughout. BNS, 112pp, UK. FACTS ON FILE, 081605066X

2003 Hardback 


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AFRICAN POLITICS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Hyden, Goran

Reviews fifty years of research on politics in Africa. It synthesizes insights from different scholarly approaches and offers an original interpretation of the knowledge accumulated over the years. It discusses how research on African politics relates to the study of politics in other regions. It focuses on such key issues as the legacy of a movement approach to political change, the nature of the state, the economy of a location, the policy deficit, the agrarian question, gender and politics and ethnicity and conflict. It ends by reviewing what scholars agree upon and what the accumulated knowledge offers as insights for more effective political and policy reforms. Index, bib, 352pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

2006 0521671949 Paperback 


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AFRICAN POLITICS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE


AFRICAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIPAFRICAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
Assensoh, A.B.

Analyses the unique contributions of three major African leaders in the post-colonial era: Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta, Tanzania's Julius Nyere, and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah. Maps, notes, refs, index, 220pp, USA. KRIEGER PUBLISHING COMPANY.

1998 0894649116 Paperback 


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AFRICAN STUDIES IN GEOGRAPHY FROM BELOW
Arrous, Michel Ben & Ki-Zerbo, Lazare (Eds.)

The contributors to this book make a clear distinction between territory formation from the top as being a deliberate political project, and its formation from below as being a more diffused historical process which is determined by the scheme of antagonisms and compromises between social forces. In lieu of a stark opposition between the top and below, contributors argue for an interdependence and mutual influence which form the basis of a dual system within which legal formation (first by colonial authorities, then by postcolonial ones) is confronted with a host of subaltern spatial dynamics, neglecting thereby the legitimacy which only them can provide. 360pp, SENEGAL. CODESRIA.

2009 9782869782310 Paperback 


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AFRICA: The Politics of Suffering and SmilingAFRICA: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling
Chabal, Patrick

The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and violence. Chabal approaches these questions by reconsidering the role of theory in African politics. He discusses the limitations of existing political theories of Africa and proposes a different starting point, arguing that political thinking ought to be driven by the need to address the immediacy of everyday life and death. How do people define who they are? Where do they belong? What do they believe? How do they struggle to survive and improve their lives? What is the impact of illness and poverty? In doing so, he proposes a radically different way of looking at politics in Africa and illuminates the ways ordinary people 'suffer and smile'. Index, bib, 212pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

2009 9781842779095 Paperback 


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AFRICA 2025: What Possible Futures for Sub Saharan Africa
Sall, Alioune (Ed.)

A study exploring the possible futures for sub Saharan Africa involving more than a thousand Africans, in 46 countries and from very different backgrounds. This study first determines the status quo in Africa at the dawn of the 21st century and then constructs four scenarios for the next 25 years. In each case, there is a consideration of the conditions that must be in place for these scenarios to become reality. Diags, xix, 142pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

2003 1868882764 Paperback 


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AFRICA 2025: What Possible Futures for Sub Saharan Africa


AGENDA SETTING AND PUBLIC POLICY IN AFRICAAGENDA SETTING AND PUBLIC POLICY IN AFRICA
Kalu, Kelechi Amihe (Ed.)

An examination of how decision makers have managed and mismanaged public policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa. Index, notes, tables, graphs, xi, 267pp, UK. ASHGATE PUBLISHERS.

2004 0754637085 Hardback 


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CLASS STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE IN AFRICA
Zeilig, Leo (Ed.)

New edition. This collection of essays and interviews from leading activists and socialists offers critical insights into class struggle and social empowerment across the continent. Assessing contemporary flashpoints of conflict and struggle, experts examine the renewal of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt; advance a critical appraisal of South Africa's post-Apartheid government; document the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe; and chart trade union resistance in Nigeria and Zambia. These accounts also offer crucial contributions to discussions over neoliberal governance, debt relief, social agency among the urban poor, trade unionism, and strike action. 224pp, USA. HAYMARKET BOOKS.

2009 2002 9781931859684 Paperback 


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CLASS STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE IN AFRICA


CONSTITUTIONALISM AND SOCIETY IN AFRICACONSTITUTIONALISM AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA
Akiba, Okon (Ed.)

An in depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of constitutional provisions for managing the challenges of race, religion, ethnicity, civil liberties and civil military relations in Africa's transitional democracies. BNS, 186pp, UK. ASHGATE PUBLISHERS, 0754636402

2004 Hardback 


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CONSTITUTIONALISM IN AFRICA: Creating Opportunities, Facing Challenges
Oloka-Onyango, J. (Ed.)

Contributors engage the issue of constititionalism in a bid to provide critical and well-considered responses to these and the numerous other questions that confront contemporary Africa. Notes, refs, index, xi, 345pp, UGANDA. FOUNTAIN PUBLISHERS.

2001 9970022717 Paperback 


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CONSTITUTIONALISM IN AFRICA: Creating Opportunities, Facing Challenges


CRY MY BELOVED AFRICA: Essays on the Postcolonial Aura in AfricaCRY MY BELOVED AFRICA: Essays on the Postcolonial Aura in Africa
Vakunta, Peter Wuteh

Compendium of essays on the politics, governmental systems, political economy, cultural practices, educational systems and natural phenomena that impact on the lives of Africans. Bib, notes, 86pp, CAMEROON. LANGAA RPCIG.

2008 9789956558735 Paperback 


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DIPLOMACY: The Written Art
Alimole, Ozichi

Intended to provide the tools for Foreign Ministries and their officers to achieve diplomatic excellence, this manual seeks to redefine written diplomacy in its true meaning: the art of learning to write in a particular kind of language and tone. It seeks to refocus attention on the significance of diplomatic communication as one of the defining characteristics of diplomacy. A wide variety of correspondence encountered by diplomats is explained, with an analysis of each form. 172pp, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS NIGERIA.

2008 9789780810238 Paperback 


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ESCAPE FROM DOMINATION: Political Disengagement and its Consequences in AfricaESCAPE FROM DOMINATION: Political Disengagement and its Consequences in Africa
Baker, Bruce

Non voting, non rebellion, non payment of taxes, and non formal employment are forms of active disengagement not often taken into account in political analysis. The author argues that in order to foster good governance and economic development these non confrontational strategies, often used in Africa to resist domination, must be taken into account. Index, bib, app, notes, tables, xiii, 238pp, USA. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

2000 0852558384 Paperback 


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ETHNICITY AND POLITICS IN AFRICA
Young, Crawford

Examines the impact of ethnicity on politics in Tanzania, Uganda, and the DRC. A4 format, notes, refs, bib, 102pp, USA . BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 0915118173

2002 DELAY

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THE FUTURE OF AFRICA: A New Order in Sight?THE FUTURE OF AFRICA: A New Order in Sight?
Mills, Greg & Herbst, Jeffrey

An Adelphi paper examining the countries that will lead and the rules that will govern Africa in the decade promising to be one of change and opportunity. The authors pay particular attention to the perilous condition of Africa's largest countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo who should be leading the continent but are instead failing. The paper also reviews the recently proposed NEPAD. Notes, tables, gloss, 86pp, UK. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES.

2003 0198530404 Paperback 


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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN AFRICA
Tordoff, William

Fourth edition of a popular textbook, with extended coverage of North and South African developments. Chapters on colonialism, nationalism, state and society, parties, administration, the military, liberalisation and economic reform, regional groupings and the OAU, conclusions. 'Likely to become a standard work of reference for many years.' Barry Munslow, Third World Quarterly. BNS, bib, index, 400pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

2002 033396439X Paperback 


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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN AFRICA


IDENTITY AND BEYOND: Rethinking AfricanityIDENTITY AND BEYOND: Rethinking Africanity
Melber, Henning; Diagne, Souleymane Bachir; Mama, Amina & Nyamnjoh, Francis B.

The title reflects the theme of the biennial 'Nordic Africa Days' held in October 2001 in Uppsala and consists of the plenary presentations by three invited African scholars. Notes, refs, 33pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171064877

2001 paperback 


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IDENTITY, DIVERSITY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM IN AFRICA
Deng, Francis Mading

Outlines a new relationship between governments and societies, a relationship informed by Western concepts but based on traditional African values such as respect for human dignity, equality, and self-rule. 308pp, USA. UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE PRESS.

2008 9781601270344 Paperback 


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IDENTITY, DIVERSITY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM IN AFRICA


INTERVENTION AND TRANSNATIONALISM IN AFRICA: Global-Local Networks of PowerINTERVENTION AND TRANSNATIONALISM IN AFRICA: Global-Local Networks of Power
Callaghy, Thomas; Kassimir, Ronald & Latham, Robert (Eds.)

Calls attention to 'transboundary formations'- intersections of cross-border, national, and local forces that produce, destroy or transform local order and political authority, significantly impacting on ordinary people's lives. Figs, notes, refs, index, xiii, 322pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

2001 0521001412 Paperback 


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ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: The Dynamics of Struggle and Resistance
Harrison, Graham

Through the analysis of peasant politics, debt and structural adjustment, democratization, and identity politics, the author shows the importance of resistance and agency. Detailed studies demonstrate how political organization and resistance have been closely ingrained in particular post-colonial trajectories. bib, index, xi, 190pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

2002 033398725X Paperback 


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ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: The Dynamics of Struggle and Resistance


LEADERSHIP, CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATISATION IN AFRICA: Case Studies From Eastern AfricaLEADERSHIP, CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATISATION IN AFRICA: Case Studies From Eastern Africa
Bujra, Abdalla & Buthelezi, Sipho (Eds.)

A study in four chapters looking at different aspects of civil society in East Africa. Topics include human rights NGOs in Uganda, Kenya Women's Political Caucus, the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme, the Association of Journalists and Media Workers and leadership and democratisation in Zimbabwe. Index, apps, xxii, 252pp, ETHIOPIA. DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGEMENT FORUM.

2003 9990379041 Paperback 


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LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: The Challenges of Democratic Decentralisation
Olowu, Dele & Wunsch, James S.

An exploration of why some decentralisation reforms have led to viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have failed. The authors outline key is-sues involved, provides historical contexts and identifies the factors that have encouraged or discouraged success. BNS, 330pp, UK. LYNNE RIENNER, 1588261735

2003 Hardback 


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LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: The Challenges of Democratic Decentralisation


MILLENNIAL AFRICA: Capitalism, Socialism, DemocracyMILLENNIAL AFRICA: Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy
Saul, John S.

Moves from the broadest kind of evaluation of the prospects for capitalist development in Africa as a whole to an especially detailed reading of the present situation in post-apartheid, neo-liberal South Africa. Argues that the struggle for socialism must be part of the solution in contemporary Africa. Notes, index, 293pp. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 0865439508

2002 paperback 


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NEOLIBERALISM, CIVIL SOCIETY AND SECURITY IN AFRICA
Carmody, Padraig

Free market policies have been in place across Africa for the past twenty-five years, yet have failed to reverse deepening poverty on the continent. This book explores why these policies continue to be implemented, despite their failure, and the ways in which they have been reinvented over the decades. Focusing on Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, this study traces the impacts of these policies on human and state security. The 1980s and 1990s saw Africa marginalized by the process of globalization, but since 9/11 the continent has become central in global oil and security politics, and is now an important site of US and Chinese competition. Are Africans condemned to be eternally manipulated by external powers for their own ends, or can the global system be reformed to promote sustainable livelihoods and peace on the continent? 360pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

2007 9780230521599 Hardback 


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NEOLIBERALISM, CIVIL SOCIETY AND SECURITY IN AFRICA


THE POLICY PARADOX IN AFRICA: Strengthening Links between Economic Research and PolicymakingTHE POLICY PARADOX IN AFRICA: Strengthening Links between Economic Research and Policymaking
Ayuk, Elias T. & Marouani, Mohamed Ali (Eds.)

Examines the extent to which policy-makers and political leaders take into account home-grown African research when they formulate policies intended to promote sustainable development. It reveals that there is a disconnect between policy-making and economic research and proposes ways that research-ers can help to bridge this gap, improve the policy-making process, and thus enhance development efforts in Africa. 307pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

2007 9781592215775 Paperback 


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POLITICAL HANDBOOK OF AFRICA 2007
Guide to the politics and issues of this vast, diverse continent. Important topics covered include religious and ethnic conflict, political and economic development, debt burdens, the legacy of colonialism, and the persistence of political corruption. Sub-regional issues include terrorism in north Africa, the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, allegations of war crimes in Liberia, turmoil in Somalia, and more. 784pp, USA. CQ PRESS.

2007 9780872893269 Hardback 


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POLITICAL HANDBOOK OF AFRICA 2007


POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: The Cases of Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and ZimbabwePOLITICAL OPPOSITION IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES: The Cases of Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Melber, Henning & et al (Eds.)

Revised versions of presentations to a Session of the Research Committee Comparative Sociology in July 2006 in Durban. They explore the role of opposition parties under different aspects in several East and Southern African countries. Contents: Karolina Hulterström - The Logic of Ethnic Politics Elite Perceptions about the Role of Ethnicity in Kenyan and Zambian Party Politics; Amin Y. Kamete - Of Jinxes and Blessings The Opposition in Zimbabwe's Urban Local Governance; Henning Melber - SWAPO Is the Nation, and the Nation Is SWAPO: Government and Opposition in a Dominant Party State. The Case of Namibia. 85pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

2007 9789171065872 Pamphlet 


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THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION: State, Democracy and Economic Development in Africa
Mohan, Giles & Zack Williams, Tunde (Eds.)

A selection of articles from the Review of African Political Economy. Each article is set in its context, describing why each piece is considered important. Includes sections on the politics of underdevelopment and the politics of cultural pluralism. Index, notes, map, 278pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

20040852558228 Paperback 


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THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION: State, Democracy and Economic Development in Africa


THE POLITICS OF PATRONAGE IN AFRICA: Parastatals, Privatization and Private EnterpriseTHE POLITICS OF PATRONAGE IN AFRICA: Parastatals, Privatization and Private Enterprise
Tangri, Roger

A general survey of the political factors involved in African economic performance during the era of structural adjustment. Case studies are drawn from Ghana, Zambia, and Uganda. Index, bib, notes, x, 165pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

1999 0852558341 Paperback 


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POPULIST DIMENSION TO AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT: Essays on Reconstruction and Retrieval
Idahosa, P.L.E.

A re-examination of the ideas and practices of Africa's most influential activist practitioners of anti colonialism nationalism and socialism; Franz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral and Julius Nyerere. The author looks at their different political and social perspectives and the similarities of the problems they faced. The author also describes their continuing relevance in a post socialist age defined by globalisation and within the development of African philosophy. Index, bib, notes, iv, 306pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592211003

2003 Paperback 


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POPULIST DIMENSION TO AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT: Essays on Reconstruction and Retrieval


POWER, POLITICS AND THE AFRICAN CONDITION: Collected Essays of Ali Mazrui, Vol.3POWER, POLITICS AND THE AFRICAN CONDITION: Collected Essays of Ali Mazrui, Vol.3
Ostergard, Robert; Laremont, Ricardo Rene; Kalouche, Fouad & Falola, Toyin (Eds.)

This third volume of the collected essays of Ali A. Mazrui span forty years and focuses on issues of power and politics at the nexus of Africa's domestic affairs, the impact of the colonial legacy and conflict resolution. Index, notes, xiv, 477pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592211712

2004 Paperback 


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THE RAINBOW ENCIRCLING THE PEOPLE: An African Guide To Democracy
African Community Publishing and Development

An examination of the concepts of democracy from an African perspective for developement activists and community leaders. Uses poetry, diagrams and line drawings to illustrate points. Bib, 215pp, Zimbabwe. AFRICA COMMUNITY TRUST.

2003 079741830X Paperback

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THE RAINBOW ENCIRCLING THE PEOPLE: An African Guide To Democracy

READINGS IN AFRICAN POLITICSREADINGS IN AFRICAN POLITICS
Young, Tom (Ed.)

A collection of essays and papers delineating modern scholarship on African politics. Issues examined include the role of religion in politics, reconciliation, political violence, urbanisation, concepts of the state and the instrumentalization of disorder. Index, notes, viii, 242pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852552572

2003 Paperback 


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REFORMING AFRICA'S INSTITUTIONS: Ownership, Incentives, and Capabilities
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve

An analysis of the institutional reforms which have taken place in recent years, across Africa and how they have impacted the public sector and domestic reform. Index, refs, tables, figs, xix, 362pp, USA. BROOKINGS, 9280810820

2003 Paperback 


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REFORMING AFRICA'S INSTITUTIONS: Ownership, Incentives, and Capabilities


REVOLT AND PROTEST: Student Politics and Activism in Sub-saharan AfricaREVOLT AND PROTEST: Student Politics and Activism in Sub-saharan Africa
Zeilig, Leo

The evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa is crucial to understanding the process of democratic struggle and change in Africa. Focusing on the recent period of 'democratic transitions' in the 1990s, Leo Zeilig discusses the widespread involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa and focuses on two case studies, Senegal and Zimbabwe. He provides an historical examination of the student-intelligentsia on the continent that played a crucial role in the independence struggles across much of Africa, leading and organising nationalist movements and outlines the development of grass-root activism. 360pp, UK. I B TAURIS.

2007 9781845114763 Hardback 


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RIGHTS AND POLITICS OF RECOGNITION IN AFRICA
Englund, Harri & Nyamnjoh, Francis B. (Eds.)

Despite the global spread of a homogeneous neoliberal economic ideology, issues of universal human rights are set against the variety of cultural values and political institutions realities that exist worldwide. Using case studies from across Africa, the author of these essays question the viability of imposing liberal institutions on African realities, the universality of democracy and rights, cultural authenticity and citizenship. Index, refs, xiv, 283pp, UK. ZED BOOKS, 184277283X

2003 Paperback 


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RIGHTS AND POLITICS OF RECOGNITION IN AFRICA


THE RISE OF ELECTIVE DICTATORSHIP AND THE EROSION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL: Peace, Development and Democracy on AfricaTHE RISE OF ELECTIVE DICTATORSHIP AND THE EROSION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL: Peace, Development and Democracy on Africa
Woldemariam, Kasahun

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the African political landscape was liberalised and multiparty elections were held in various regions of the continent. However, from the mid-1990s onwards, power began to become concentrated in the hands of a few ruling elites. Elections became mere theatrical displays and were held neither regularly, fairly or freely. Using exploratory research methods and system theory, Kasahun Woldemariam examines how and why this was able to happen. 354pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

2009 9781592216697 Paperback 


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THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN: Africa after the Cold War
Huband, Mark

Argues that foreign involvement in Africa has been the single most destructive element in the continent's history, and that the end of the Cold War offers the opportunity for Africa to achieve the independence it never really achieved when the European powers departed from their former colonies. B/w ill, notes, index, xi, 376pp, USA . WESTVIEW, 0813341124

2001 paperback 


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THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN: Africa after the Cold War


THE STATE IN AFRICA: An Analysis of Impacts of Historical Trajectories of Global Capitalist Expansion and Domination in the ContinentTHE STATE IN AFRICA: An Analysis of Impacts of Historical Trajectories of Global Capitalist Expansion and Domination in the Continent
Mentan, Tatah

Describes in great detail the significant effects of the various historical trajectories of global capitalist expansion on the nature and functions of the African state while focusing on the present triumph of globalized neo-liberalism on the African continent. Argues that the history of the state in Africa has been misread and misinterpreted through the Eurocentric convictions of European African scholars alike. The State in Africa has, since its colonial inception, has served as the best possible political shell for capitalism, enabling it to penetrate, again possession and establish itself firmly and securely, regardless of institutional and leadership instability at the helm. 438pp, CAMEROON. LANGAA RPCIG.

2010 9789956616121 Paperback 


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THE STATE IN AFRICA: The Politics of the Belly
Bayart, Jean-Francois

Second edition of one of the important and compelling texts of comparative politics and historical sociology of the last twenty years. Bayart rejects the assumption of African `otherness' based on stereotyped images of famine, corruption and civil war. Instead he invites the reader to see that African politics is like politics anywhere else in the world, not an exotic aberration. While acknowledging the insights of Western social scientists from Weber to Foucault, Bayart never loses sight of the realities of African politics and social life and he is careful to allow African voices to speak for themselves. This new edition of Bayart's classic book includes a new introduction on Africa in the world today. 420pp, UK. POLITY PRESS.

2009 1993 1989 9780745644370 Paperback 


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THE STATE IN AFRICA: The Politics of the Belly


THE STATE OF AFRICA: A History of Fifty Years of IndependenceTHE STATE OF AFRICA: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
Meredith, Martin

Now in paperback. African bad-news stories massively outweigh the good. Ever since the process of decolonisation began in the mid-1950s, and arguably before, the continent has appeared to be stuck in a process of irreversible decline. Constant war, improper use of natural resources and misappropriation of revenues and aid monies contribute to an impression of a continent beyond hope. What is to be done? Weaving together the key stories and characters of the last fifty years into a compelling and controversial narrative, Martin Meredith has produced a comprehensive history of how European ideas of how to organise 10,000 different ethnic groups has led to the current continental malaise. Maps, Index, bib, notes, 768pp, UK. FREE PRESS.

2006 2005 0743232224 Paperback 


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A STRATEGIC VISION FOR AFRICA: the Kampala Movement
Deng, Francis Mading

An evaluation of the acceptance of the Kampala Principles of 1989, which grew out of a forum on workable political and economic development in Africa. 198pp, notes. USA. BROOKINGS, 0815702655

2002 Paperback

 


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A STRATEGIC VISION FOR AFRICA: the Kampala Movement


SUB-NATIONALISM IN AFRICA: Ethnicity, Alliances and PoliticsSUB-NATIONALISM IN AFRICA: Ethnicity, Alliances and Politics
Forrest, Joshua B.

The trend toward sub-nationalist autonomy away from the development of singular, state centric political systems based on the Western model, is one of the most striking phenomena in Africa today. The author analyses the expansion of ethnic sub-nationalist movements in the postcolonial period, the reasons behind their growth, and their implications for African politics. Index, bib, notes, map, vii, 279pp, USA. LYNNE RIENNER, 1588262278

2003 Hardback 


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VOICES OF FREEDOM: Great African Independence Speeches
Kiruthu, Felix (Ed.)

Collection of biographies and independence speeches of African nationalists and leaders. index, 109pp,KENYA. CANA PUBLISHING.

2001 9966971009 Paperback

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VOICES OF FREEDOM: Great African Independence Speeches

WE SHALL NOT FAIL: Values in the National Leadership of Seretse Khama, Nelson Mandela and Julius NyerereWE SHALL NOT FAIL: Values in the National Leadership of Seretse Khama, Nelson Mandela and Julius Nyerere
Mungazi, Dickson A.

A new prescription for African leadership culled from an examination of the offices of Seretse Khama, Nelson Mandela and Julius Nyerere. Mungazi isolates integrity, loyalty to principle, honesty, respect to democracy and confidence in the abilities of one's people as overarching values that should be present in a good leader. Backing his claims up with actual examples from the offices of these legendary statesmen, he begins to build a new synthesis for the African leaders of the future. Index, bib, 280pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

2005 1592212506 Paperback 


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