Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa

1. Political Futures

   1. Africa in the Twenty-First Century

      • Naomi Chazan, Peter Lewis, Robert Mortimer, Donald Rothchild, Stephen John Stedman

      Pages 491-498

2. Back Matter

   Pages 499-545

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The new edition of this popular and widely-used text includes entirely new chapters on political economy and South Africa and has been thoroughly revised throughout to reflect the major changes in Africa and in the wider world since the end of the Cold War. Broadly encompassing, challenging and timely, the book is a major contribution to our understanding of the multiple forces at work on the continent.

• cold war
• conflict
• economy
• government
• Institution
• international relations
• Nation
• organization
• Passing
• political process
• politics
• Protest
• transformation
• work

NAOMI CHAZAN is Professor of Political Science and African Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

PETER LEWIS is Assistant Professor, American University School of International Service.

ROBERT A MORTIMER is Professor of Political Science, Haverford College.

DONALD ROTHCHILD is Professor of Political Science, University of California, Davis.

STEPHEN JOHN STEDMAN is Associate Professor of African Studies and Comparative Politics, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

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