The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Politics

3-Volume Set

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This three-volume encyclopedia brings together leading scholars to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on African politics ever produced. In over 100 peer-reviewed entries, readers will find authoritative overviews of the key methodologies and approaches, as well as all of the major topics in African politics, one of the fastest growing and most dynamic areas of political science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 2100
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 231mm x 130mm
• Gewicht: 4400g
• ISBN-13: 9780190632342
• ISBN-10: 0190632348
• Artikelnr.: 62114269

Autorenporträt

Nic Cheeseman is Professor of Democracy and International Development at the University of Birmingham and was formerly the Director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. He mainly works on democracy, elections, and development and has conducted fieldwork in numerous African countries, including Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The articles that he has published based on this research have won a number of prizes, including the GIGA award for the best article in comparative area studies (2013) and the Frank Cass Award for the best article in democratization (2015). Professor Cheeseman is also the author or editor of ten books, including Democracy in Africa (2015), Institutions and Democracy in Africa (2017), How to Rig an Election (2018), and Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective (2018). In addition, he is a former editor of the journal African Affairs and an advisor to and writer for Kofi Annan's African Progress Panel. In recognition of this academic and public contribution, the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom awarded him the prestigious Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional achievement by a midcareer scholar in 2019. A frequent commentator on African and global events, Professor Cheeseman's analysis has appeared in the Economist, Le Monde, the Financial Times, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the BBC, and the Daily Nation, and he writes a regular column for the Mail & Guardian. In total, his articles have been read over a million times. Many of his interviews and insights can be found on the website that he founded and co-edits, www.democracyinafrica.org.

Inhaltsangabe

* Activism of Political Parties in Africa by George M. Bob-Milliar
* African Agency in International Politics by Jonathan Fisher
* The African Union: Successes and Failures by Thomas Kwasi Tieku
* Aid, Political Conditionality, and Other International Efforts to
Support Democracy in Africa by Christine Hackenesch
* Autochthony, Belonging, and Xenophobia in Africa by Peter Geschiere
* Boko Haram and the Global War on Terror by Abimbola O. Adesoji
* Border Politics in Africa by Paul Nugent
* The Capacity of Decentralization to Promote Democracy and Development
in Africa by Amy R. Poteete
* Central Africa: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Andreas Mehler
* The Challenges of Making Research Collaboration in Africa More
Equitable by Susan Dodsworth
* Change and Continuity in African Electoral Politics Since
Multipartyism by Jaimie Bleck and Nicolas van de Walle
* Changing Patterns of Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kate
M. Carter and Scott Straus
* China and Political Governance in Africa by Ian Taylor
* China's Economic Impact on Africa by David H. Shinn
* Citizenship Law as the Foundation for Political Participation in
Africa by Bronwen Manby
* Colonial Rule and Its Political Legacies in Africa by Amanda Lea
Robinson
* Communication Technology and African Politics by Sharath Srinivasan
and Stephanie Diepeveen
* Comparative Analysis in African Politics by Goran Hyden
* Conceptualizing Militias in Africa by Rebecca Tapscott
* Constitutions and Constitutional Reforms in African Politics by Muna
Ndulo
* Corruption in African Politics by Tom Lodge
* Decolonizing the University in Africa by Francis B. Nyamnjoh
* Democracy and the Question of Its Feasibility in Africa by Mamoudou
Gazibo
* Democracy Promotion in Africa by Oda van Cranenburgh
* The Democratic Dividend: Public Spending and Education Under
Multipartyism by Robin Harding
* Democratic Rollback in Africa by Lise Rakner
* Development Trajectories in Africa by Richard E. Mshomba
* Diasporas and the Transnationalization of African Politics by
Terrence Lyons
* East Africa: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Walter O. Oyugi and
Jimmy Ochieng
* Election Campaigns and Political Mobilization in Africa by Dan Paget
* Electoral Violence and Political Competition in Africa by Liisa
Laakso
* Environmental Governance and the (Re-)Making of the African State by
Maano Ramutsindela and Bram Büscher
* Experimental Research in African Politics by George Kwaku Ofosu
* Federalism and Regional Politics in Africa by Asnake Kefale
* Globalization and Regionalism in Africa by Pádraig Carmody
* The Globalization of Protest in Africa by Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle
* Governing Africa's Seas in the Neoliberal Era by Tarik Dahou and
Brenda Chalfin
* The Great Lakes in Africa: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Aymar
Nyenyezi Bisoka
* Hegemonic Political Regimes in Africa by Joshua B. Rubongoya
* Historical Approaches to African Politics by Steven Pierce
* HIV and AIDS in Africa: Global Politics and Domestic Consequences by
Alan Whiteside
* The Horn of Africa: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Christopher
Clapham
* Ideas and Political Mobilization in Africa by Anne Heffernan
* Industrial Policy and Development in Africa by Lindsay Whitfield
* The International Criminal Court in Africa and the Politics of
International Justice by Phil Clark
* International Relations in Africa in Theory and Practice by Timothy
M. Shaw
* Interviews as a Means to Understand (and Silence) Contemporary Africa
and Its Voices by Patrycja Stys
* The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Africa by Charlotte Heyl
* Land Grabs: The Politics of the Land Rush Across Africa by Pauline
Peters
* Land-Related Conflict and Electoral Politics in Africa by Catherine
Boone
* Liberation Movements in Power in Africa by Roger Southall
* Managing Ethnicity in African Politics by Christof Hartmann
* Migrants and Refugees in Africa by Aderanti Adepoju
* The Military in African Politics by Maggie Dwyer
* Nationalism in African Politics by Sara Rich Dorman
* Non-State Policing in Africa by S. J. Cooper-Knock
* Oil and the International Politics of the African State by Cyril Obi
* Organized Crime and Criminal Networks in Africa by Mark Shaw and
Tuesday Reitano
* Party Systems in Africa by Matthias Basedau
* Peacebuilding Initiatives in Africa by Paul Jackson
* Piracy and Maritime Security in Africa by Jatin Dua
* The Political Barriers to Development in Africa by Paul Collier
* Political Competition Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa by Dominika
Koter
* The Political Economy of War and Violence in Africa: A Hegelian and
Marxist Interpretation by Patience Kabamba
* Political Exclusion in Africa by Brian Klaas
* Political Parties and Political Economy in Africa's Democracies,
1990-2018 by M. Anne Pitcher
* Political Parties and Regime Outcomes in Multiparty Africa by
Adrienne LeBas
* The Political Role of the African Middle Class: The
Over-Politicization of an Elusive Category by Dominique Darbon
* Political Song in Africa by Liz Gunner
* The Politics of African Literature by David Attwell
* The Politics of Language Education in Africa by Russell H. Kaschula
and Michael M. Kretzer
* The Politics of Pentecostalism in Africa by John F. McCauley
* The Politics of Public Broadcasters in Africa by Corinna Arndt
* Populist Politics in Africa by Danielle Resnick
* The Possibility of Developmental States in Africa by Ellen Hillbom
* Postcolonial Approaches to the Study of African Politics by Grace
Adeniyi Ogunyankin
* Power Sharing as a Strategy to Resolve Political Crises in Africa by
Michael Bratton and Peter Penar
* Prisons in Africa by Jeremy Sarkin
* The Problems of Economic Data in Africa by Morten Jerven
* The Prospects and Challenges of Pan-Africanism by Toyin Falola and
Chukwuemeka Agbo
* Queer Activism in Africa by Ellie Gore
* Radio as a Political Medium in Africa by Harri Englund
* Reconsidering African Elections by Carolien van Ham and Staffan
Lindberg
* Responses to Economic Crisis in Africa by Peter M. Lewis
* Revisiting the African Renaissance by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
* The Rise of "Peaceocracy" in Africa by Gabrielle Lynch
* The Rise of the African Legislature? by Ken Opalo
* The Sahel: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Sebastian Elischer
* The Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism by Charles
Manga Fombad
* Slum Politics in Africa by Jacqueline M. Klopp and Jeffrey W. Paller
* Social Capital and Democracy in Africa by Richard Asante
* Social Media and Elections in Africa by Iginio Gagliardone
* Southern Africa: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Stephen Chan
* Sovereignty as a Resource and Curse in Africa by Pierre Englebert
* Sport and Politics in Africa by Michelle Sikes
* State Formation and Conflict in Africa by Didier Péclard
* The Structure and Performance of African Electoral Commissions by
Jørgen Elklit
* Surveys and Their Use in Understanding African Public Opinion by
Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz
* Tax, Politics, and the Social Contract in Africa by Wilson Prichard
* Trade Union Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa by Nick Bernards
* Traditional Institutions of Governance in Africa by Kidane Mengisteab
* Traditional Leaders and Development in Africa by Lauren Honig
* Trust and Social Relations in African Politics by Dominic Burbidge
* Understanding and Deploying the Political Settlement Framework in
Africa by Hazel Gray
* Welfare Politics in Africa by Jeremy Seekings
* Women, Equality, and Citizenship in Contemporary Africa by Robtel
Neajai Pailey
* Women's Political Movements and Civil Society in Africa by Aili Mari
Tripp
* Youth Politics in Africa by Ransford Edward Van Gyampo and Nana Akua
Anyidoho
* Zimbabwe: Regional Politics and Dynamics by Brian Raftopoulos