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African Politics in Comparative Perspective

African Politics in Comparative Perspective

by Goran Hyden (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

This 2006 book reviews fifty years of research on politics in Africa. It synthesizes insights from different scholarly approaches and offers an interpretation of the knowledge accumulated over the years. It discusses how research on African politics relates to the study of politics in other regions. It focuses on such key issues as the legacy of a movement approach to political change, the nature of the state, the economy of a location, the policy deficit, the agrarian question, gender and politics and ethnicity and conflict. It ends by reviewing what scholars agree upon and what the accumulated knowledge offers as insights for more effective political and policy reforms. This book is for undergraduate and graduate courses in African and Comparative Politics as well as development-oriented courses in Political Science and related disciplines. It is also of great relevance to governance and development analysts and practitioners in international organizations.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 314
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05 Dec 2005
ISBN 10: 0521671949
ISBN 13: 9780521671941
Book Overview: This 2006 book reviews fifty years of research on politics in Africa.

Media Reviews
'Goran Hyden is one of the 'big names' in Africanist circles. ... ideally suited to provide a distillation of 50 years of research on African politics. ... The book is an excellent addition to the Africanist literature and captures most of the key debates and perspectives of the past few decades. ...The volume would be ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses and comparative politics. The Round Table
'Goran Hyden is among the foremost of American political scientists who specialise in African studies. ... His latest book aims to review fifty years of research on African politics. The book is thematically organised, with core chapters discussing key dimensions of Africanist scholarship and their related conceptual contributions.' New Agenda
A most useful book that could be assigned for both graduate and undergraduate courses on African politics. Highly recommended. -Choice
...In this synthetic work pulling together decades worth of scholarship, especially in his discipline of political science, Hyden puts forth his best efforts....Policymakers and journalists who find themselves dropped into Africa without any particular training should place this book on their shelves after reading it closely so that they can refer to it often. -Derek Catsam, Ph.D., Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
This is a well-developed assessment of important themes in the study of African politics. With one very bold step, Hyden systematically integrates important aspects of the literature on African politics and society into the historically and theoretically rich Eurocentric tradition of state and society, which dominated the field of comparative politics in earlier decades. -Connie Anthony, Seattle University, African Studies Review
African Politics in Comparative Perspective avoids the sort of confusing litany of superficial references to cases found in many texts on African politics. Canadian Journal of Political Science, Amy R. Poteete, Concordia University
Author Bio
Goran Hyden is a Distinguished Professor in Political Science at the University of Florida.