9. Rulers and Leaders

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Map of Francophone Africa xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1. Contexts
8. 1. The Human and Geographical Contexts of Politics 9
9. 2. The Colonial Context 29
10. 3. Political Life and Institutions, 1944–1960 61
11. Part 2. Society and Politics
12. 4. Political Cultures 85
13. 5. Ideology and Political Style: The Uneasy Marriage of Thought and Action 119
14. 6. Ethnicity, Religion, and National Politics 161
15. Part 3. Structures, Processes, and Power
16. 7. Experiments in Power, 1958–2003 199
17. 8. Redemocratization 241
18. 9. Rulers and Leaders 271
19. 10. In the Shadow of the State: The Domain of Nonformal Politics 305
20. Part 4. Connections
21. 11. Francophone Africa in the Global Arena 335
22. Appendixes 357
23. Bibliography 389
24. Index 415
25. About the Book 425