Politics and Government in African States - 1960 - 1985

Originally published in 1986, Politics and Government in African States deals with the politics of sub-Saharan African states since independence. Each chapter considers the formal structure of government at the time of independence and traces the subsequent changes.

List of contents

1. West Africa: Nigeria and Ghana A. H. M. Kirk-Greene 2. Cameroon, Togo and the States of Formerly French West Africa Victor T. LeVine 3. Zaire and Cameroon Crawford Young 4. Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe L. H. Gann 5. The States of East Africa: Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya Robert H. Jackson and Carl G. Rosberg 6. The Horn of Africa Christopher Clapham 7. South Africa Peter Duignan and L. H. Gann 8. Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland L. H. Gann and Peter Duignan 9. Lusophone Africa: Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau Thomas H. Henriksen Conclusion: Robert H. Jackson.

About the author

Peter Duignan was Senior Fellow, Lillick Curator and Director of the African/Middle East Program at the Hoover Institution, California, USA. Robert H. Jackson was Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

Summary

Originally published in 1986, Politics and Government in African States deals with the politics of sub-Saharan African states since independence. Each chapter considers the formal structure of government at the time of independence and traces the subsequent changes.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Jackson Duignan
• Assisted by: Peter Duignan (Editor), Duignan Peter (Editor), Robert H. Jackson (Editor), Jackson Robert H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032319537
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231953-7
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political structure & processes, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Regional / International studies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies