Ali A. Mazrui, Francis Wiafe-Amoako

African Institutions

Challenges to Political, Social, and Economic Foundations of Africa's Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by the leading scholar on Africa, this comprehensive text examines three key issue areas in Africa: politics, society, and economy. Featuring many case studies, including Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Morocco, Togo, DRC, Ethiopia, Rwanda, the book provides some explanation of underdevelopment in Africa, linking the historical and colonial realities that hinder democratic consolidation to contemporary African politics, society and economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781442239531
• ISBN-10: 1442239530
• Artikelnr.: 42809049

Autorenporträt

By Ali A. Mazrui and Francis Wiafe-Amoako

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Institutions: An Introduction Francis Wiafe-Amoako Chapter
Two: Democracide: Who killed democracy in Africa? Clues of the past,
concerns of the future Ali A. Mazrui Chapter Three: Political Ideologies
and Democratic Consolidation in Africa Francis Wiafe-Amoako Chapter Four:
Gender Roles in Africa: Traditional versus Contemporary Institutions Ali A.
Mazrui and Francis Wiafe-Amoako Chapter Five: Legitimacy and Rule: Africa
in Search of a Political Order Francis Wiafe-Amoako Chapter Six: Democracy
and the Politics of Petroleum: Comparative African Perspectives Ali A.
Mazrui Chapter Seven: Uhuru Bado Kidogo : Africa's condition of "Not Yet
Uhuru" Ali A. Mazrui Chapter Eight: "Katiba Na Kabila": If African Politics
Are Ethnic-Prone, Can African Constitutions Be Ethnic-Proof? Ali A. Mazrui
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