Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.
Contents
Map of Africa xi -- Chapter 2 Background and Setting 6 -- Chapter 3 The African State: Its Colonial Legacy 47 -- Chapter 4 The Dominance of the State: Domestic and External Factors 65 -- Chapter 5 Political Systems of Postindependence Africa 91 -- Chapter 6 State Responses to Challenges of the 1990s: Incipient Democratization? 115 -- Chapter 7 State Responses to Challenges of the 1990s: Protracted Wars, Fragmentation, Disintegration, and State Collapse 147 -- Chapter 8 Africa in the World: "Hemmed In" or New Opportunities? 168 -- Chapter 9 Conclusion: Africa's Prospects for a New Beginning in the Post-Cold War Era 209.
