Personal Rule in Black Africa
Author: Robert H. Jackson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780520041851
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Personal Rule in Black Africa
Author: Robert H. Jackson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-11-10
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0520313070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
Readings in African Politics
Author: Tom Young
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780253343598
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Military Power and Politics in Black Africa
Author: Simon Baynham
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1000347516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1986, Military Power and Politics in Black Africa explores many themes that concerned military power and politics in sub-Saharan Africa at the time of publication. Adopting a thematic approach, the book considers the nature of both intervention and disengagement and looks at the relationship between civilian and military institutions. The final chapters put forward arguments for the importance of foreign intervention in the politics and civil-military relations of African states.
Liberia under Samuel Doe, 1980–1985
Author: Yekutiel Gershoni
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-03-28
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 1793617880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn April 12, 1980, a group of soldiers led by Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe executed a bloody coup that put an end to the Americo-Liberian minority regime in Liberia, transforming Africa’s first republic into a military dictatorship. In Liberia under Samuel Doe, 1980-1985: The Politics of Personal Rule, Yekutiel Gershoni examines the evolution and effects of Samuel K. Doe’s reign in Liberia. Gershoni shows Doe’s path to absolute power, corruption, and dictatorship and the economic crises and political turmoil that ensued, even after his murder in 1990. Liberia under Samuel Doe also examines the role of the United States as Liberia’s closest ally, detailing how Doe managed to attract American diplomatic and military support due to U.S. interests in the Cold War. Through in-depth research, primary sources, and interviews with diplomats, politicians, and activists, Gershoni carefully details the timeline of Doe’s rise to power and the lasting effects of his dictatorial legacy.
Africa
Author: Peter Lewis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-20
Total Pages: 753
ISBN-13: 042998216X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy and the avenues of participation or withdrawal pursued by various popular sectors.
An Introduction to African Politics
Author: Alex Thomson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-02-28
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 1134458320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Introduction to African Politics is the ideal textbook for those new to the study of this vast and fascinating continent. It makes sense of the diverse political systems that are a feature of Africa by using familiar concepts, chapter by chapter, to examine the continent as a whole. The result is a textbook that identifies the essential features of African politics, allowing students to grasp the recurring political patterns that have dominated this part of the world since independence. Features and benefits of the book include: * thematically organised, with individual chapters exploring issues such as colonialism, ethnicity, nationalism, social class, ideology, legitimacy, sovereignty, and democracy * identifies the key recurrent theme of competitive relationships between the African state, its civil society, and external interests * contains useful boxed case studies of key countries at the end of each chapter, including: Kenya; Tanzania; Nigeria; Botswana; Ivory Coast; Uganda; Somalia; Ghana; Zaire; and Algeria * each chapter concludes with key terms and definitions as well as questions, advice on further reading, and useful notes and references * clearly and accessibly written by an experienced teacher of the subject.
Political Leadership in Africa
Author: Giovanni Carbone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-03-19
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1108423736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn innovative analysis of political leadership in Africa between 1960 and 2018, drawing on an entirely new dataset.
Heart of Whiteness
Author: June Goodwin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 0684813653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen South Africa's present transitional government comes to an end, apartheid will be dead. But just as the demise of slavery did not solve America's race problems, so the abolition of apartheid will only begin South Africa's healing process. Heart of Whiteness examines the cataclysmic changes taking place among Afrikaners--the "white tribe" of South Africa.
African History: A Very Short Introduction
Author: John Parker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2007-03-22
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 0192802488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.
