Introduction to African politics

the long version

Introduction to African Politics provides an ideal gateway for people interested in learning more about Africa and those desirous of acquiring advanced knowledge on the continent. This third edition of the book is expanded, fully revised and updated. It is a contribution to the universal debate on Africa's political instability. The book reinstates its fundamental argument: that the genesis of Africa's political and socio-economic problems is associated with the incursion of European settler societies and other adventurers and opportunists in the continent This edition places an accent on the political economy of Africa as a threshold of the continent's development. Its treatment of Africa's problems and prospects is presented in accessible concepts, cutting across regional boundaries, thus emphasizing the multidimensional and multifarious links existing between African nations. This book is thematically organized, with individual chapters exploring issues such as early government and politics in Africa, impacts of European settler societies, colonization, pan-Africanism and nationalism, ethnic particularism and the rise of regional and tribal political parties, legitimacy, sovereignty, democracy and development.