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Die 14 Beiträge des Bandes gehen auf eine Konferenz der Afrikanischen Politikwissenschaftlichen Vereinigung im Oktober 1998 zurück. Sie zentrieren sich um die Chancen Afrikas im Prozess der Globalisierung und dessen Wirkung auf den afrikanischen Staat; besondere Beachtung findet die regionale Integration. Ein erster Teil mit vier Beiträgen widmet sich den Wirkungen der Globalisierung auf den post-kolonialen Staat und seinen Optionen in diesem Prozess; ein Beitrag untersucht die möglichen Konsequenzen des WTO-Abkommens für afrikanische Ökonomien. Im zweiten Teil geht es in drei Beiträgen um Regionalisierung und regionale Kooperation (im Rahmen von SADC und der Indian Ocean Commission). Teil drei thematisiert den Zusammenhang von Globalisierung und Demokratie (hier ein Beitrag zum Staatszerfall in Guinea-Bissau und zur Identitätsbildung von Siedlern in Südafrika). Ein vierter und letzter Teil befasst sich mit Menschenrechten und Gender Politics in Afrika. (DÜI-Sbd)

Examines influence of French and South African mercenaries in the Comoro Islands.

Examines African efforts to prevent and manage conflicts, and to establish an intervention force for peacekeeping operations; roles of regional and international organizations and outside powers. Types of post-cold war conflicts, reticence of the UN and other powers to intervene, and role of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

Examines change in the view of Nigeria as the model African country on the road to industrialization, to the view of the country as an international outcast, due to continuing alternating civil and military regimes, and institutionalization of corruption; 1990s, chiefly. Summaries in English p. 470 and Spanish p. 485-6.

Discusses voting behavior and other features of presidential and legislative elections held in African countries in the 1990s and respects in which they differed from the Western model; studies from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal, and South Africa; 7 articles. Summaries in English.

Examines Mbeki's replacement of Nelson Mandela as leader of the African National Congress (ANC), and how the transition brings with it a tougher stance against the White minority, accused of impeding effective transformation of the country, and the challenges of burying apartheid; since 1990, with projections for 1999; South Africa. Summaries in English and Spanish p. 455 and 471.

Discusses the response of other African countries and the international community to ethnic conflict and genocide in countries of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo); 1990s; 8 articles. Summaries in English p. 171-5. Topics include ineffectiveness of UN humanitarian activities and of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); difficulties faced by human rights and other humanitarian organizations in the field.

Incl. bibl. ; Swahili ed. pub. 1999 ; Swahili electronic version

Reflection on the Politics and Administration Nexus in Africa
This paper reviews the problems posed at the interface between politicians and higher civil servants in Sub-Saharan African countries since independence. It argues that there has been more continuity than change in the patterns of relationships. Although the attempts to promote "unified" politico-administrative elites minimised conflicts in some countries during the single party era, it was at the expense of adequate development and utilisation of technical competence. In the other countries where separate domains of "political judgement" and "technical expertise" were recognised, neither was adequately developed in most cases, and the phenomenon of collusion in corrupt practices was widespread. Some of these problems have persisted while some changes are beginning to take root because of the emphasis on sound economic policies, political pluralism, and citizen empowerment.