Analyzing Pol Change - Applications of a New Multidimensional Framework

This book addresses political instability and the role of the military in unstable politics, as well as to class formation, class conflict, and prolonged economic dependency in Africa. It uses a comprehensive theoretical approach based on systems-functionalist theories in solving these issues.

List of contents

1. Control and Facilitation: An Approach to the Analysis of Political Change 2. Religion and Politics in Independent Uganda: Movement Toward Secularization? 3. Forecast for Political Change in Ethiopia: An Urban Perspective 4. Green Revolution in Ethiopia: The Politics of Rural Development in a Blocked and Inequitable Society 5. The Diffusion and Invention of Legislative and Party Structures in Anglophone Africa 6. African Planning Failure: A Public Policy Analysis 7. The Significance of Sequential Ordering and Timing of Politically Induced Societal Changes in Anglophone African Party States: A Reconsideration 8. Revolutionary Change in Mozambique: Implications for the Emerging Postindependence Society 9. Prospects for Reactionary and Revolutionary Change in Zimbabwe 10. Conclusion: From Case Studies to Systematic Hypothesis Testing

About the author

Scarritt, James R

Summary

This book addresses political instability and the role of the military in unstable politics, as well as to class formation, class conflict, and prolonged economic dependency in Africa. It uses a comprehensive theoretical approach based on systems-functionalist theories in solving these issues.

Product details

• Authors: James R Scarritt, James R. Scarritt
• Assisted by: James R. Scarritt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367167783
• ISBN: 978-0-367-16778-3
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Politics and government, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies