Studies in power and class in Africa

Title
  1. Studies in power and class in Africa / edited by Irving Leonard Markovitz.
Published by
  1. New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
StatusFormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberJQ1872 .S78 1987Item locationOff-site

Details

Additional authors
  1. Markovitz, Irving Leonard, 1934-
Description
  1. xv, 400 pages : maps; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Sheds light on the importance of state, religion, ideology, gender, ethnicity, language, and international relations in determining policy and understanding society in general.
Subject
  1. Power (Social sciences)
  2. Elite (Social sciences) > Africa
  3. Social classes > Africa
  4. Women > Political activity > Africa
  5. Economic history
  6. Elite (Social sciences)
  7. Politics and government
  8. Social classes
  9. Women > Political activity
  10. political system
  11. political behaviour
  12. ruling class
  13. traditional culture
  14. social change
  15. women
  16. political ideology
  17. multinational enterprise
  18. bureaucracy
  19. statistical table
  20. Power (Social sciences) > Africa
  21. régime politique
  22. comportement politique
  23. classe dirigeante
  24. culture traditionnelle
  25. changement social
  26. femmes
  27. idéologie politique
  28. entreprise multinationale
  29. bureaucratie
  30. tableau statistique
  31. régimen político
  32. comportamiento político
  33. clase dirigente
  34. cultura tradicional
  35. cambio social
  36. mujeres
  37. ideología política
  38. empresa multinacional
  39. burocracia
  40. cuadros estadísticos
  41. Africa > Politics and government
  42. Africa > Economic conditions
  43. Africa
  44. Africa
  45. Africa > Politics and government > 20th century
  46. Afrique
Genre/Form
  1. map.
  2. reference.
  3. carte géographique.
  4. référence bibliographique.
  5. mapa.
  6. referencia.
Contents
  1. Revolution and the struggle for independence : capitalist development, class consciousness, and the state in world perspective. Contradiction, crisis, and class conflict : the state and capitalist development in Ghana prior to 1948 / Beverly Grier -- Anatomy of African class consciousness : agrarian populism in Ghana from 1915 to the 1940s and beyond / Martin Kilson -- Wars of liberation and the international system : Western Sahara-- a case in point / Jeffrey M. Schulman -- The consolidation of power : the fall of monarchy, the rise of absolutism, and the definition of the political arena. Absolutism, Bonapartism, and the formation of ruling classes : Zaire in comparative perspective / Thomas M. Callaghy -- The petite bourgeoisie in the Ethiopian revolution / Robert D. Grey.
  2. (cont.) The consolidation of power : schisms, fractions, coalitions, and contradictions in postindependence dominant classes. Class, status, and power in postreunification Cameroon : the rise of an Anglophone bourgeoisie, 1961-1980 / Ndiva Kofele-Kale -- Religion, ideology, and property in northern Zambia / George C. Bond -- The consolidation of power : woman's role in political and economic transformations. Women's politics, the state, and capitalist transformation in Africa / Kathleen Staudt -- Algerian women's access to power : 1962-1985 / Anne Lippert -- The encadrement of the population : the social basis of ideology and planning. From nationalism to Marxism : the ideological history of FRELIMO, 1962-1977 / Sonia Kruks -- Power, class, and traditional knowledge in Sahel food production / Richard W. Franke.
  3. (cont.) The encadrement of the population : the bureaucratic development and restructuring of labor and business in South Africa. Transnational corporations and the national bourgeoisie : regional expansion and party realignment in South Africa / Ronald T. Libby -- Managing class structures in South Africa : Bantustans and the underbelly of privilege / Stanley B. Greenberg, Hermann Giliomee.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 375-386.