Government and Politics in Africa
Government and Politics in Africa

Author: William Tordoff

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780253215451

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The author provides extra coverage of both North and South Africa and of such key issues as debt, the AIDS epidemic, the position of women and the politics of patronage."--BOOK JACKET.

Political Institutions of West Africa
Political Institutions of West Africa

Author: J. H. Price

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-08-18

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 100098768X

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This book, originally published in 1967 looks at political institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia a the time of the establishment of alien rule and goes on to discuss in detail constitutional developments from 1919 to the late 20th Century, paying particular attention to the constitutional arrangements of the Commonwealth West African countries after Independence. Aspects such as the judiciary and the enforcement of law and order, the public services and finance, are discussed in separate chapters. The book ends with a survey of the varying patterns of local government in English-speaking West Africa.

Government in West Africa
Government in West Africa

Author: W.E.F. Ward

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-03

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1000856836

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Government in West Africa (1968) examines the practical working of modern government and the constitutional history of West Africa. It looks at various political thinkers and their application to the issues of civil government in West Africa; modern constitutional struggles on the continent; and problems associated with different political systems in the region.

African Politics
African Politics

Author: Gus Liebenow

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1986-09-22

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780253203885

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"A well-balanced presentation . . . especially notable for its succinct review of the factors currently controlling the South African political situation." —The Nation " . . . authoritative work . . . " —Foreign Affairs " . . . broad enough in its reach to be useful to teaching in interdisciplinary African studies courses for undergraduates." —Perspective "Gus Liebenow has produced a winner, eminently suitable for classroom use, with enough substance to be of interest to both teachers and students." —Africa Today A sympathetic but hardheaded analysis of the crisis issues common to the continent as a whole: the struggle for national identity, poverty, the unresolved festering issue of white supremacy in Southern Africa, the problem of political community in the African urban setting, and the struggle for popular control over government.