CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xiii
5. PART ONE. The Evolution of Political Parties in the Congo: Efistoric Steps and Functional Problems
6. Principal Abbreviations 2
7. INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE 3
8. I. THE ELITE BEGINNINGS OF CONGO POLITICS: To JANUARY 1959 6
9. II. THE LEOPOLDVILLE RIOTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASS PARTICIPATION: JANUARY TO JUNE 1959 17
10. III. PRESSURES FOR INDEPENDENCE: SUMMER 1959 ΤΟ DECEMBER 1959 23
11. IV. THE TERMINAL COLONIAL PHASE AND THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THE PARTIES: JANUARY TO JUNE 1960 41
12. APPENDIX TO PART ONE 64
13. PART TWO. A History of the Parti Solidaire Africain
14. INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO 75
15. V. THE ORIGINS OF THE PSA 76
16. VI. THE FOUNDING OF THE PSA IN THE INTERIOR 86
17. VII. PSA POLICY AND STRATEGY: JUNE 1959 ΤΟ MAY 1960 102
18. VIII. THE EVOLUTION OF LEADERSHIP 160
19. PART THREE. Rural Radicalism: The PSA and Its Mass Following
20. INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE 183
21. IX. DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL PARTY ORGANIZATION 186
22. X. RELATIONS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS 216
23. XI. THE MAY 1960 ELECTIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE PSA 251
24. XII. CONCLUSION 291
25. Appendices 301
26. Bibliography 313
27. Index 319