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" An introduction to African politics / "
Alex Thomson
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BL
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711542
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b533731
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| Main Entry
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Thomson, Alex,1966-
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| Title & Author
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An introduction to African politics /\ Alex Thomson
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, c2010
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xv, 291 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0203857941 (e-book)
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: 0415479568 (hardback)
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: 0415482879 (pbk.)
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: 9780203857946 (e-book)
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: 9780415479561 (hardback)
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: 9780415482875 (pbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: State, civil society and external interests -- History : Africa's pre-colonial and colonial inheritance ; Case study : Kenya's historical inheritance -- Ideology : nationalism, socialism, populism and state capitalism ; Case study : socialism and ujamaa in Tanzania -- Ethnicity and religion : 'tribes', gods and political identity ; Case study : ethnicity, religion and the nation-state in Nigeria -- Social class : the search for class politics in Africa ; Case study : social class in Botswana -- Legitimacy : neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the centralisation of the African state ; Case study : personal rule in Côte d'Ivoire -- Coercion : military intervention in African politics ; Case study : Uganda's 1971 military coup -- Sovereignty I : external influences on African politics ; Case study : Somalia's international relations -- Sovereignty II : neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa's political economy ; Case study : Ghana's structural adjustment -- Authority : the crisis of accumulation, governance and state collapse ; Case study : Zaire, Mobutu's vampire state -- Democracy : re-legitimising the African state? ; Case study : Zimbabwe's fall from democractic grace -- Conclusions: State and civil society in post-colonial Africa
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Africa, Politics and government
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| Dewey Classification
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320.96
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DT31.T5157 2010
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DT31.T5157 2010
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