An introduction to African Politics

1 Introduction: state, civil society and external interests. 2 History: Africa´s pre-colonial and colonial inheritance. 3 Ideology: nationalism, socialism, populism ans state capitalism. 4 Ethnicity and religion: ´tribes´, gods and political identity. 5 Social class: the search for class politics in Africa. 6 Legitimacy: neo-patrimonialism, personal rule and the cetralisation of African state. 7 Coercion: military intervention in African politics. 8 Sovereignity I: external influences on African politics. 9 Sovereignity II: neo-colonialism, structural adjustment and Africa´s political economy. 10 Authority: the crises of accumulation, governace and state collapse. 11 Democracy: re-legitimising the African state? 12 Conclusions; state and civil society in post-colonial Africa.