This book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy and the avenues of participation or withdrawal pursued by various popular sectors.

Lewis, Peter

Introduction: Development and Change in Africa Part One: States and Leadership 1. Personal Rule: Theory and Practice in Africa 2. Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria 3. Patrons, Clients, and Factions: New Dimensions of Conflict Analysis in Africa Part Two: State, Society, and Participation 4. Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement 5. Disengagement from the State in Africa: Reflections on the Experience of Ghana and Guinea 6. Political Transition and the Dilemma of Civil Society in Africa Part Three: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender 7. The Nature of Class Domination in Africa 8. The Making of a Rentier Class: Wealth Accumulation and Political Control in Senegal 9. Reconfiguring State-Ethnic Relations in Africa: Liberalization and the Search for New Routines of Interaction 10. Gender, Political Participation, and the Transformation of Associational Life in Uganda and Tanzania Part Four: Democracy and Political Transition 11. Africa: The Second Wind of Change 12. Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa 13. Democratization: Understanding the Relationship Between Regime Change and the Culture of Politics 14. Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet Part Five: Political Economy: Crisis and Reform 15. Trends in Development Economics and Their Relevance to Africa 16. Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Foreign Economic Relations of Sub-Saharan African States 17. Adjustment with Growth: A Fragile Consensus 18. The Structural Adjustment of Politics in Africa