Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-3
The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches....Pages 5-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena....Pages 37-74
Social Groupings....Pages 75-106
Ethnicity, Class, and the State....Pages 107-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Regimes in Independent Africa....Pages 137-158
High Politics: The Procedures and Practices of Government....Pages 159-195
Deep Politics: Political Response, Protest, and Conflict....Pages 197-219
Political Transitions and Patterns of Change....Pages 221-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Coping with Transformation: Approaches to Development....Pages 239-303
Coping with Change: Crisis and Attempted Reform....Pages 305-357
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Inter-African Relations....Pages 361-419
Africa in World Politics....Pages 421-462
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
South Africa: The Possibilities and Limits of Transforming State and Society....Pages 465-490
Africa in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 491-498
Back Matter....Pages 499-545