African Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Ian Taylor

African Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Ian Taylor

Abstract

African Politics: A Very Short Introduction explores how politics is practised on the African continent, providing an overview of the different states and their systems. It considers the nature of the state in sub-Saharan Africa and why its state structures are generally weaker than elsewhere in the world. Exploring the historical and contemporary factors that account for Africa’s underdevelopment, it also analyses why some African countries suffer from high levels of political violence while others are spared. Unveiling the ways in which African state and society actually function beyond the formal institutional façade, this VSI discusses how external factors—both inherited and contemporary—act upon the continent.

Keywords: Africa, colonialism, democracy, international relations, patronage, politics, political violence, power

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Sep 2018

Print ISBN-13:: 9780198806578

Published online:: Sep 2018

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198806578.001.0001

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Ian Taylor, author Professor in International Relations and African Political Economy at the University of St Andrews
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