TY - BOOK AU - Cheeseman,Nicholas AU - Anderson,David AU - Scheibler,Andrea TI - Routledge handbook of African politics T2 - Routledge handbooks SN - 9781138843752 U1 - 320.96 22 PY - 2015/// CY - Abingdon, New York PB - Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group KW - BUEsh KW - Africa KW - Politics and government KW - 1960- KW - Economic policy KW - BUSBOL KW - February2016 KW - November2016 N1 - Index : p. 426-437; Includes bibliographical references; Nationalism, one-party states, and military rule / Nic Cheeseman -- Federalism and decentralization / Rotimi T. Suberu -- The rule of law and the courts / Peter VonDoepp -- Security and the privatization of force and violence / Rita Abrahamsen -- Neopatrimonialism and political regimes / Gero Erdmann -- The informal practices of civil servants / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan -- Class politics / Bill Freund -- The politics of ethnicity / Gabrielle Lynch -- Autochthony and the politics of belonging / Peter Geschiere -- Religion and politics / Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar -- Muslim politics in West Africa / Leonardo A. Villal�on -- Women in politics / Amina Mama -- Civil war / Philip Roessler -- Oil politics / Ricardo Soares de Oliveira -- Power-sharing / Andreas Mehler -- Post-conflict peacebuilding / Devon Curtis -- Transitional justice after atrocity / Phil Clark -- Electoral authoritarianism and multi-party politics / Nicolas van de Walle -- The power of elections / Staffan I. Lindberg -- Emerging legislatures / Joel D. Barkan -- Political parties / Matthijs Bogaards -- Public opinion and democratic consolidation / Michael Bratton -- Aid, trade, investment, and dependency / Martin Williams -- Social policy / Jeremy Seekings -- NGOs / Michael Jennings -- The economy of affection / G�oran Hyd�en -- The politics of development / Tim Kelsall -- Africa and the global economy / Richard E. Mshomba -- Pan-Africanism and regional integration / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- Terrorism, security, and the state / Ken Menkhaus -- Democracy promotion / Stephen Brown -- China and Africa / Chris Alden N2 - Providing a comprehensive and cutting edge examination of this important continent, Routledge Handbook of African Politics surveys the key debates and controversies, dealing with each of the major issues to be found in Africa's politics today. ER -