Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa
Title | Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Dominika Koter |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 219 |
Release | 2016-10-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107171490 |
Focussing on Sub-Saharan Africa, Dominika Koter analyses why ethnic politics emerge in some ethnically diverse societies, but not in others.
Ethnicity and Politics in Africa
Title | Ethnicity and Politics in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Crawford Young |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 110 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN |
Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa
Title | Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Roessler |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 419 |
Release | 2016-12-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107176077 |
This book models the trade-off that rulers of weak, ethnically-divided states face between coups and civil war. Drawing evidence from extensive field research in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined with statistical analysis of most African countries, it develops a framework to understand the causes of state failure.
The Issue of Political Ethnicity in Africa
Title | The Issue of Political Ethnicity in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | E Ike Udogu |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351738437 |
This title was first published in 2001. The central characteristics of political ethnicity and its dysfunctional attributes in African politics is vexing to Africa's policy makers. Moreover, as a conflictive ideology in national and international politics, many political actors would rather avoid it. In the past, nationalists have blamed ethnic chauvinists for fanning the embers of ethnicity, but today they realize they may have underestimated its prominence in African politics.
Africa Beyond the Post-Colonial
Title | Africa Beyond the Post-Colonial PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred B. Zack-Williams |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 173 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1351960431 |
The poor economic performance of some African countries since independence has been a major concern to both African leaders and policy makers. This volume, which draws together contributions from academics based in Africa and its diaspora, situates the continent within its historic and socio-political background: from the 1960s, the decade of independence, through to its development outlook as the new millennium unfolds. It examines a broad range of contemporary issues -- from development and culture to linguistics and is unique in identifying and examining issues that are common both to Africa and the diaspora.
Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa
Title | Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Posner |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990
Title | Electoral Politics in Africa since 1990 PDF eBook |
Author | Jaimie Bleck |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2018-11-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1108680623 |
Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential elections were held in all but a handful of the region's countries. This book is the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the key issues, actors, and trends in these elections over the last quarter century. The book asks: what motivates African citizens to vote? What issues do candidates campaign on? How has the turn to regular elections promoted greater democracy? Has regular electoral competition made a difference for the welfare of citizens? The authors argue that regular elections have both caused significant changes in African politics and been influenced in turn by a rapidly changing continent - even if few of the political systems that now convene elections can be considered democratic, and even if many old features of African politics persist.