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245 10 a| African politics in comparative perspectiveh| [electronic resource] /c| Goran Hyden, University of Florida.;

250 a| Second edition.;

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300 a| viii, 316 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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African politics in comparative perspective / Goran Hyden, University of Florida.

Author/creator	Hydén, Göran, 1938-
Format	Electronic
Edition	Second edition.
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description	viii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Political science--Africa. Comparative government. Africa--Politics and government. --1960-.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1. The study of politics and Africa; 2. The supremacy of politics; 3. The problematic state; 4. The economy of affection; 5. Big man rule; 6. The policy paradox; 7. The agrarian question; 8. The gender issue; 9. The ethnic factor; 10. The external dimension; 11. What we know and how; 12. Quo vadis Africa?
Abstract	"This revised and expanded second edition of African Politics in Comparative Perspective reviews fifty years of research on politics in Africa and addresses some issues in a new light, keeping in mind the changes in Africa since the first edition was written in 2004. The book synthesizes insights from different scholarly approaches and offers an original interpretation of the knowledge accumulated in the field. Goran Hyden discusses how research on African politics relates to the study of politics in other regions and mainstream theories in comparative politics. He focuses on such key issues as why politics trumps economics, rule is personal, state is weak and policies are made with a communal rather than an individual lens. The book also discusses why in the light of these conditions agriculture is problematic, gender contested, ethnicity manipulated and relations with Western powers a matter of defiance"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012019843
ISBN	9781107030473 (hardback)
ISBN	9781107651418 (paperback)

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