By William Tordoff
Praise for earlier editions:
"... a superbly complete but succinct textbook on African politics." —Third international Quarterly
"[W]ritten with an economic system of language and a breadth of data not often present in political technological know-how writings.... Tordoff’s interpretations might be revered through students from assorted perspectives." —International magazine of African old Studies
The fourth version of presidency and Politics in Africa examines the event of African states following the emergence of pro-democracy hobbies from the overdue Nineteen Eighties to the current. This absolutely revised quantity examines a variety of concerns and associations, together with multi-party elections and their democratic and authoritarian results; privatization and the marketplace economic system; corruption, ethnic and extended family competition, and spiritual fundamentalism; country cave in and civil conflict; the function of neighborhood and Africa-wide enterprises; debt aid, structural adjustment, and poverty relief; the unfold of HIV/AIDS; the function and standing of girls; and Africa’s marginalization within the worldwide economy.
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Eight colonies were eventually established in Afrique Occidentale Fran~aise (AOF) and four in Afrique 28 Government and Politics in Africa Equatoriale Franc,:aise (AEF); each had its own governor and budget and, from 1946, its own elected assembly. The governors were subject to the general direction and authority of a governorgeneral (AOF headquarters were in Dakar and those for AEF in Brazzaville), who controlled a general budget and was advised by a 'grand council', made up of elected territorial representatives.
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14 It should be emphasised, however, that this periodisation is inexact and more relevant to France and Britain than the other European powers. Portugal is substantially a case apart and subject to different periodisation: the period to 1926, when the colonies were neglected and left to foreign capital to exploit; 1926-50, when 'nationalist' economic policies were pursued, the colonies were more systematically exploited and 'labour-repressive' polices were adopted; 1950-60, when Portugal was again opened up to foreign capital and industrial production increased while remaining dependent on the supply of cheap cotton from the colonies; and 1960-74, a period mainly characterised by the impact of the nationalist struggle in the colonies leading to the encouragement of foreign investment.