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Africa: dilemmas of development and change

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* Introduction: Development and Change in Africa States And Leadership * Personal Rule: Theory and Practice in Africa Robert H.Jackson and Carl G. Rosberg. * Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria Richard A. Joseph. * Patrons, Clients, and Factions: New Dimensions of Conflict Analysis in Africa Richard Sandbrook. State, Society, And Participation * Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement Peter P. Ekeh. * Disengagement from the State in Africa: Reflections on the Experience of Ghana and Guinea Victor Azarya and Naomi Chazan * Political Transition and the Dilemma of Civil Society in Africa Peter M. Lewis. Class, Ethnicity, And Gender * The Nature of Class Domination in Africa Richard L. Sklar. * The Making of a Rentier Class: Wealth Accumulation and Political Control in Senegal Catherine Boone. * Reconfiguring State-Ethnic Relations in Africa: Liberalization and the Search for New Routines of Interaction Donald Rothchild. * Gender, Political Participation, and the Transformation of Associational Life in Uganda and Tanzania Aili Mari Tripp. Democracy And Political Transition * Africa: The Second Wind of Change Larry Diamond. * Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de Walle. * Democratization: Understanding the Relationship Between Regime Change and the Culture of Politics Pearl T. Robinson. * Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet Crawford Young. Political Economy: Crisis And Reform * Trends in Development Economics and Their Relevance to Africa Tony Killick. * From Scylla to Charybdis: The Foreign Economic Relations of Sub-Saharan African States Thomas M. Callaghy. * Adjustment with Growth: A Fragile Consensus John Ravenhill. * The Structural Adjustment of Politics in Africa Jeffrey Herbst.

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* Introduction: Development and Change in Africa States And Leadership * Personal Rule: Theory and Practice in Africa Robert H.Jackson and Carl G. Rosberg. * Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria Richard A. Joseph. * Patrons, Clients, and Factions: New Dimensions of Conflict Analysis in Africa Richard Sandbrook. State, Society, And Participation * Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement Peter P. Ekeh. * Disengagement from the State in Africa: Reflections on the Experience of Ghana and Guinea Victor Azarya and Naomi Chazan * Political Transition and the Dilemma of Civil Society in Africa Peter M. Lewis. Class, Ethnicity, And Gender * The Nature of Class Domination in Africa Richard L. Sklar. * The Making of a Rentier Class: Wealth Accumulation and Political Control in Senegal Catherine Boone. * Reconfiguring State-Ethnic Relations in Africa: Liberalization and the Search for New Routines of Interaction Donald Rothchild. * Gender, Political Participation, and the Transformation of Associational Life in Uganda and Tanzania Aili Mari Tripp. Democracy And Political Transition * Africa: The Second Wind of Change Larry Diamond. * Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de Walle. * Democratization: Understanding the Relationship Between Regime Change and the Culture of Politics Pearl T. Robinson. * Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet Crawford Young. Political Economy: Crisis And Reform * Trends in Development Economics and Their Relevance to Africa Tony Killick. * From Scylla to Charybdis: The Foreign Economic Relations of Sub-Saharan African States Thomas M. Callaghy. * Adjustment with Growth: A Fragile Consensus John Ravenhill. * The Structural Adjustment of Politics in Africa Jeffrey Herbst.

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* Introduction: Development and Change in Africa States And Leadership * Personal Rule: Theory and Practice in Africa Robert H.Jackson and Carl G. Rosberg. * Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria Richard A. Joseph. * Patrons, Clients, and Factions: New Dimensions of Conflict Analysis in Africa Richard Sandbrook. State, Society, And Participation * Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement Peter P. Ekeh. * Disengagement from the State in Africa: Reflections on the Experience of Ghana and Guinea Victor Azarya and Naomi Chazan * Political Transition and the Dilemma of Civil Society in Africa Peter M. Lewis. Class, Ethnicity, And Gender * The Nature of Class Domination in Africa Richard L. Sklar. * The Making of a Rentier Class: Wealth Accumulation and Political Control in Senegal Catherine Boone. * Reconfiguring State-Ethnic Relations in Africa: Liberalization and the Search for New Routines of Interaction Donald Rothchild. * Gender, Political Participation, and the Transformation of Associational Life in Uganda and Tanzania Aili Mari Tripp. Democracy And Political Transition * Africa: The Second Wind of Change Larry Diamond. * Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de Walle. * Democratization: Understanding the Relationship Between Regime Change and the Culture of Politics Pearl T. Robinson. * Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet Crawford Young. Political Economy: Crisis And Reform * Trends in Development Economics and Their Relevance to Africa Tony Killick. * From Scylla to Charybdis: The Foreign Economic Relations of Sub-Saharan African States Thomas M. Callaghy. * Adjustment with Growth: A Fragile Consensus John Ravenhill. * The Structural Adjustment of Politics in Africa Jeffrey Herbst.

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