02547ctm a2200385 i 4500 18809516 OSt 20250509092009.0 ta 191115s2016 enkab b 001 0 eng c 2015039192 9781138782846 (pbk) : Đ34.56 9781138782846 (pbk.) 9781315767420 (ebook) IEN/DLC eng IEN rda DLC pcc f------ DT31 .T5157 2016 AFR 320.96 Tho 2016 23 Thomson, Alex, 1966- author. An Introduction to African Politics / by Alex Thomson. Fourth edition. Routledge, ; Londond :, c2016. London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 ix, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 Ct̥e 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 crises 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 democratic grace -- Conclusions: the changing relationship between state, civil society and external interests in the post colonial era. Africa Politics and government. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg BK ddc 10879 10879 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 AFR 320.96 Tho 2016 20442 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 AFR