| Physical description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
PART I: THE ORIGINS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT, 1377-1960 -- Indigenous African Political Thought, 1377-1885 -- African Nationalism I, 1847-1914 -- African Nationalism II, 1918-1960 -- PART II: IDEOLOGIES OF AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1960-1991 -- Liberalism and Humanism in Africa, 1960-1991 -- African Socialism in Theory and Practice, 1960-1975 -- African Populism in Theory and Practice, 1968-2003 -- African Marxism in Theory and Practice, 1960-1990 -- African Modernization, Dependency, and Statist Theorists, 1960-2003 -- Pan-Africanism and African Unity -- PART III: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT, 1994-2004 -- The African Renaissance, 1994-2004 -- Democracy and Development -- Toward a New African Political Thought. |
| Summary |
The book is organized thematically as a comprehensive overview of both indigenous and modern African political thought. Focusing on individual political thinkers/activists and beginning with indigenous African political though, the book successively examines African nationalism, African socialism, populism and Marxism, Africanism and pan-Africanism, concluding with contemporary perspectives on democracy, development and the African state. |
| Subject |
Africa -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
9781137062055 (electronic bk.) |
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1137062053 (electronic bk.) |
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1403966346 |
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9781403966346 |
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9781283947411 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283947412 (MyiLibrary) |
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