2 State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Tables IX
4. Map of Africa XI
5. Introduction 1
6. I The Diversity of African Politics: Trends and Approaches 5
7. PART I THE STRUCTURES OF POLITICS
8. 2 State Institutions and the Organization of the Public Arena 37
9. 3 Social Groupings 75
10. 4 Ethnicity, Class, and the State 107
11. PART 2 POLITICAL PROCESS AND POLITICAL CHANGE
12. 5 Regimes in Independent Africa 137
13. 6 High Politics: The Procedures and Practices of Government 159
14. 7 Deep Politics: Political Response, Protest, and Conflict 197
15. 8 Political Transitions and Patterns of Change 221
16. PART 3 POLITICAL ECONOMY 237
17. 9 Coping with Transformation: Approaches to Development 239
18. 10 Coping with Change: Crisis and Attempted Reform 305
19. PART 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
20. 11 Inter-African Relations 361
21. 12 Africa in World Politics 421
22. PART 5 POLITICAL FUTURES
23. 13 South Africa: The Possibilities and Limits of Transforming State and Society 465
24. 14 Africa in the Twenty-First Century 491
25. Appendix 1: Acronyms 499
26. Appendix 2: Changes in Country Names 503
27. Appendix 3: Basic Political Data 505
28. Index 527
29. About the Book 545