African politics in perspective
In: New Perspectives in Political Science 10
In: New Perspectives in Political Science 10
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 69, Heft 275, S. 186-187
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee: VRÜ = World comparative law : WCL, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 550-551
ISSN: 0506-7286
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 289-297
ISSN: 2052-465X
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 99-103
ISSN: 1467-9248
In: International Journal, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 665
In: Midwest journal of political science: publication of the Midwest Political Science Association, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 138
In: The review of politics, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 433-446
ISSN: 1748-6858
Anthropologists, political scientists and sociologists have produced many excellent studies of political developments in modern Africa. Much, however, remains to be done; for work interpreting the meaning of modern African politics is barely under way. This essay seeks to contribute to that work. It analyzes African political thought and action in order to uncover the major premises that underlie African political phenomena, and it suggests that clarification of these premises is the necessary preliminary to an adequate theoretical interpretation of modern African politics.
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 3-15
ISSN: 1469-7777
The subject-matter of African politics has always presented a special challenge and a special problem to political scientists, namely to develop a theory which would make sense of a vast, inchoate, and unfamiliar body of material. This problem has become particularly acute in the last year or two. The rapid deterioration of African political parties, a series of military coups, recurrent crises of national unity, and heightened tendencies towards anomic and violent behaviour have not only cast doubt on previous assumptions as to the nature of African political life but have also led to a heightened mood of theoretical uncertainty among political scientists.
In: The review of politics, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 433
ISSN: 0034-6705
In: Orbis: FPRI's journal of world affairs, Band 8, S. 425-444
ISSN: 0030-4387
In: The army quarterly and defence journal, Band 105, S. 304-312
ISSN: 0004-2552
In: The world today, Band 27, S. 350-358
ISSN: 0043-9134
In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 495-511
ISSN: 1469-7777
Within the past few years military coups have ended civil rule in ten African nations. These events, and similar earlier upheavals in the Sudan and East Africa, indicate the intense strain which their politics are enduring. Should social scientists remain mute while this process continues throughout the continent? Are there no general principles of political science and comparative political history which can be utilised to assist the new states to adjust, to control their social environments, and to avoid the abyss of authoritarianism? A potential alliance of military and bureaucratic élites in guiding the political destiny of much of Africa must now be viewed as probable.