The African Affairs Reader
Key Texts in Politics, Development, and International Relations
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 May 2017
- ISBN 9780198794295
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages388 pages
- Size 234x174x21 mm
- Weight 602 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 5 Figures, 12 Tables 0
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Short description:
This book draws together essential readings from the journal African Affairs together with a series of new essays on key themes written by the journal editors.
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African Affairs is the top journal in African Studies and has been for some time. This book draws together some of the most influential, important, and thought provoking articles published in its pages over the last decade. In doing so, it collates essential cutting-edge research on Africa and makes it easily available for students, teachers, and researchers alike.
The African Affairs Reader is broken down into four sections that cover some of the biggest themes and questions facing the continent today, including: the African State, the Political Economy of Development, Africa's Relationship with the World, and Elections, Representation & Democracy. Within each section, articles deal with some of the most significant recent trends and events, such as the prospects for democratization in Ghana and Nigeria, the factors underpinning Rwanda's economic success, the rise of political corruption in South Africa, the spread of the drugs trade, the struggle against gender based violence, and the growing influence of China. Each section is introduced by a new purpose-written essay by the journal's editors that explains the evolution of the wider debate, highlights key contributions, and suggests new ways in which the discussion can be taken forward. Taken together, the essays and articles included in the volume provide both a coherent introduction to the study of Africa and a compelling commentary on the current state of play on the continent.
This reader sets a high standard on all counts, all the more remarkable for one that includes articles published only in a single journal, African Affairs. The journal's two current and one former editor (Cheeseman) teamed up to select this reader's contents. Perhaps more importantly, they wrote more than 80 pages of valuable introductions to the volume and its four main sections: 'The African State'; 'The Political Economy of Development'; 'Elections, Democracy, and Representation'; and 'Africa and the World.' The editors' judicious selections highlight the changing concerns, conceptions, and perspectives that continue to animate Africanist scholarship. Readers of many stripes, whether upper-level students, scholars, or non-Africanists seeking a compact overview of recent works on contemporary African affairs, will be well rewarded for perusing this book. The editors' introductions alone are worth their attention.
Table of Contents:
An introduction to African Affairs and African Studies
PART ONE: THE AFRICAN STATE
An introduction to the African state
The End of the Post-Colonial State in Africa? Reflections on Changing African Political Dynamics
Property and Constitutional Order: Land tenure reform and the future of the African state
Does organized crime exist in Africa?
PART TWO: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT
An introduction to the political economy of development
The Politics of ownership: Tanzania coffee policy in the age of liberal reformism
Close Encounters: Chinese business networks as industrial catalysts in Sub-Saharan Africa
Developmental patrimonialism? The case of Rwanda
PART THREE: ELECTIONS, DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION
An introduction to elections, democracy and representation
Elections and Democratic Transition in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic
Elites and Democracy in Ghana: A social network approach
Neo-Patrimonial Politics in the ANC
PART FOUR: AFRICA AND THE WORLD
An introduction to Africa and the world
What Is the Concept of Globalization Good for? An African Historian's Perspective
Fighting gender-based violence: The women's movement and the enforcement of rape law in Liberia
Negotiating China: Reinserting African Agency into China-Africa relations
Briefing: The African Union at Ten: An appraisal
