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The last 30 years of African political history has followed a cycle from the euphoria of independence to the depression of economic recession and autocracy to the new era of euphoria as the democracy movement sweeps the continent. This reference handbook offers an analytical survey of research on African political history for this period, 1960-1990. Fifteen leading scholars address overall patterns, changing perspectives, and areas requiring additional research from nine different national and regional viewpoints. This expert assessment of the significant literature on African political affairs should be of great value to political scientists, historians, and specialists in African affairs.
The handbook is divided into three parts. The first presents continent-wide responses to political and social change highlighting the work of the first generation of African political scientists. Analyses of studies of development administration and international relations are included in this section. The second part contains five regional surveys covering political history, colonialism, nationalism, the post-colonial state, war, and foreign relations. The regions are Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Equatorial Africa, Portuguese-speaking Africa, and the Horn. Four country studies make up the third part: Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. An appendix listing social science research centers in the sub-Saharan area and a general bibliography on African politics complete this fully indexed volume.
List of contents
Introduction by Mark W. DeLancey
General SurveysPolitical and Social Change by Kenneth J. Menkhaus
Development Administration in Africa by James S. Wunsch
Directions in African International Relations by William Cyrus Reed
Regional SurveysLusophone Africa by William Minter
Southern Africa by Roger Tangri
Eastern Africa by Stephen Orvis
Horn of Africa by Peter J. Schraeder
Cameroon and Equatorial Africa by H. Mbella Mokeba
Country SurveysSouth Africa by J. Barron Boyd, Jr.
Cote d'Ivoire by Robert J. Mundt
Ghana by Naomi Chazan
Nigeria by Elizabeth L. Normandy
Appendix: Social Science Research Centers of Sub-Saharan Africa by Terry M. Mays
A Selected Bibliography on African Politics by Peter Steen
Name Index
Subject Index
About the author
MARK W. DELANCEY is Director of Graduate Studies in Government and International Studies at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of
Cameroon, (1988)
geria: A Bibliography for the Study of Politics, Government, Administration and International Relations (1983)
African International Relations: An Annotated Bibliography (1980) and editor of
Aspects of International Relations in Africa (1980), among other works.
