Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches....Pages 5-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena....Pages 37-72
Social Groupings....Pages 73-103
Ethnicity, Class, and the State....Pages 105-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Regimes in Independent Africa....Pages 133-152
High Politics: The Procedures and Practices of Government....Pages 153-187
Deep Politics: Political Response, Protest, and Conflict....Pages 189-210
Political Transitions and Patterns of Change....Pages 211-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Political Economy: Policy Choices in a Constraining Environment....Pages 227-273
Africa and the World Economy....Pages 275-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Inter-African Relations....Pages 323-375
Africa in World Politics....Pages 377-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
South Africa: Race and Politics....Pages 419-441
Africa Toward the Year 2000....Pages 443-450
Back Matter....Pages 451-483