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"This book moves comparison beyond a narrow focus on democratization to better understand politics in developing regions of the world. Using Africa as empirical reference, it shows the gaps in knowledge left behind by the narrow application of democratic theory in recent decades"--
List of contents
1. Three theoretical spurts; 2. How history matters; 3. Relevance of social formations; 4. Nation-states and state-nations; 5. Regimes and institutions; 6. Parties and ideology; 7. Culture and the public sphere; 8. Four neighbours, four regimes; 9. What Africa teaches us.
About the author
Goran Hyden is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. Theorizing in Comparative Politics is the result of sixty years of research and teaching shared between East Africa and Florida. Earlier iterations of the work include Political Development in Rural Tanzania (1969), No Shortcuts to Progress (1983), and African Politics in Comparative Perspective (2006).
Summary
This book moves comparison beyond a narrow focus on democratization to better understand politics in developing regions of the world. Using Africa as empirical reference, it shows the gaps in knowledge left behind by the narrow application of democratic theory in recent decades.
Foreword
This book moves comparison beyond a narrow focus on democratization to better understand politics in developing regions of the world.
