African Politics and Society by Peter J Schraeder

African Politics and Society by Peter J Schraeder

AFRICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY: A MOSAIC IN TRANSFORMATION is the first single-authored textbook to examine continuity and change in African politics and society from the pre-colonial era to the present. It fills the needs of those with little prior knowledge while balancing this background information with thorough analysis for those already familiar with the subject. An emphasis has been placed on making sense of general developments on the African continent as a whole while introducing the distinctive natures of Africa's 53 countries. Each chapter emphasizes the major trends associated with a topic, trends that are further explored through illustrative case studies that represent all regions of the African continent. Each chapter concludes with a list of readings for further exploration and research. Numerous maps, tables, figures, and boxed elements highlight fundamental issues of interest. Because each chapter stands alone, instructors can assign chapters that relate topics that are of greatest relevance to the course or reorder chapters to better suit their syllabi.

Part I: INTRODUCTION1. Understanding African Politics and Society. Part II: HISTORICAL CONTEXT. 2. Politics and Economics of the Precolonial Independence Era (Prior to 1884). 3. Political and Economic Impacts of Colonialism (1884-1951). 4. Nationalism and the Emergence of the Contemporary Independence Era (1951-Present). Part III: SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT. 5. Ethnicity and Class. 6. Ideology and the Politics of Development. 7. Politics of the African Novel. Part IV: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE. 8. State and Civil Society. 9. Military Coups d'Etat and Military Governance. 10. Democratic Experiments and Multiparty Politics. Part V: FOREIGN RELATIONS. 11. Foreign Policy Making and the Pursuit of Pan-Africanism. 12. Africa in World Politics. Part VI: RIVAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 13. Study of Africa in the Liberal Tradition. 14. Study of Africa in the Critical Tradition. Appendix 1: List of Acronyms. Appendix 2: Country Name Changes in Africa During the Contemporary Independence Era. Appendix 3: Political Leadership in Africa During the Contemporary Independence Era. Index.

Korwa G. Adar is the Director of Research (Area Studies) at the Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria. He holds an M.S. in Political Science from Indiana State University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He has taught at universities in Kenya, South Africa, and the United States. His research has been published in many accredited journals, such as: Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Human Rights Quarterly, Ocean Development and International Law, Indian Journal of International. He is the author, editor and co-editor of many books, including: Sudan Peace Process: Challenge and Future Prospects; Somalia Peace Process: Challenges and Future Prospects for the Reconstruction and Restoration of Legitimacy; and the Globalization and Emerging Trends in African States Foreign Policy series. Peter J. Schraeder is Professor of Political Science at Loyola University, Chicago, IL. He has extensive field experience in Africa and Europe, most recently serving as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Tunis in Tunisia (2002-2003) and as a visiting professor at his university's John Felice Rome Center in Italy (2003-05). His research has been published in such diverse scholarly journals as African Affairs, The Journal of Modern African Studies, The Journal of Politics, Middle East Journal, Politique Africaine, and World Politics. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation; Exporting Democracy: Rhetoric vs. Reality; and United States Foreign Policy Toward Africa: Incrementalism, Crisis and Change.

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ISBN 13	9780534567699
ISBN 10	053456769X
Title	African Politics and Society
Author	Peter J Schraeder
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cengage Learning, Inc
Year published	2003-07-21
Number of pages	416
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