By reviewing fifty rears of research on politics in Africa this volume offersthe most comprehensive text on this subject that has been written in manyyears. It ... » 

By reviewing fifty rears of research on politics in Africa this volume offersthe most comprehensive text on this subject that has been written in manyyears. It also shows how research on African politics relates to the study ofpolitics in other regions of the world. More specifically it deals with suchkey issues as the nature of the state the informalization of politics theproblems associated with implementing policy gender and ethnicity issues aswell as the challenges to agricultural development on the African continent. «