African Politics in Postimperial Times

The essays in this collection attest to the fact that throughout his productive career as a scholar, Richard L. Sklar has been at the intellectual forefront of major political and social developments affecting the African continent. Spanning four decades, these essays encompass the wide range of Sklar's scholarly contributions both to African political studies and the discipline of political science. While the author's influential writings on Nigerian politics comprise a significant portion of this collection, the great diversity of African countries and regions treated herein evinces a breadth of scholarly interest best described as Pan-African Continentalism. This volume also contains Sklar's seminal essays on the subjects of class, power, socialism, modernization, dual authority, mixed government, "developmental democracy," and "postimperialism."

ISBN 0865439869   Pages 842 ISBN13 9780865439863 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Africa Research & Publications   Weight (grammes) 1152 Imprint Africa Research & Publications   Published in Trenton Format Paperback   Series title Classic Authors and Texts on Africa Publication date 01 May 2002   Height (mm) 198 Non-book description lxxxvi, 755 p. :   Width (mm) 129 Library of Congress JQ1879.A15   Spine width (mm) 46 DEWEY 320.96   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

		Foreword
		Acknowledgments
		Introduction by Toyin Falola
		Comment by Peter Ekeh
		Comment by William Tordoff
		Comment by C. R. D. Halisi and Scott Bowman
Pt. I		Democracy and Development
1		Democracy in Africa, 1983		3
2		Reds and Rights: Zimbabwe's Experiment, 1985		21
3		Developmental Democracy, 1987		33
4		On Democracy and Development in Botswana, 1989		65
5		Finding Peace through Democracy in Sahelian Africa (co-authored with Mark Strege), 1992		73
6		Towards a Theory of Developmental Democracy, 1996		87
7		Democracy and Constitutionalism, 1999		107
Pt. II		Class Analysis and Ideological Questions
8		Political Science and National Integration: A Radical Approach, 1967		117
9		The Nature of Class Domination in Africa, 1979		129
10		The Concept of Power in Political Economy, 1983		153
11		The Colonial Imprint on African Political Thought, 1985		179
12		Beyond Capitalism and Socialism in Africa, 1988		211
13		The Future of Socialism in Africa, 1992		231
14		Social Class and Political Action in Africa: The Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat, 1994		241
15		The New Modernization, 1995		265
Pt. III		Social Class and Politics in Nigeria
16		Contradictions in the Nigerian Political System, 1965		273
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