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This informative Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the key political concepts, ideas, institutions and processes in Africa. Leading scholars define core terms, trace the evolution of debates and discuss the ongoing relevance of these topics in contemporary academic and policy contexts.
Entries explore diverse areas of study including apartheid, Chinese migration, land tenure reform, military mutinies, pan-Africanism, pre-colonial organisations and truth commissions. They outline analytical insights that connect the past and present as well as theory and practice, and direct readers towards fundamental literature references for deeper engagement with the topic.
Scholars and students of politics and public policy, development studies, international relations and regulation and governance, particularly within the field of African politics, will benefit from the foundations and depth presented by this Encyclopedia.
Key Features:
Contains over 90 concise, analytical entries
Written by specialists from across the globe
Addresses the entire spectrum of the political system
Engages with ongoing debates on decolonizing political science
Contents
Contents
Introduction 1
Anne Mette Kjær, Moses Khisa, and Xichavo Alecia Ndlovu
1 African feminisms 3
Corinne Knowles and Siphokazi Magadla
2 African Union 11
Issaka K. Souaré
3 Agricultural policy 15
Renata Serra
4 Agricultural transformation 20
Simon Tangen Søgaard
5 Apartheid 27
Madalitso Zililo Phiri
6 Authoritarianism 34
Christof Hartmann
7 Borders and boundaries 39
Phillip Apuuli Kasaija
8 China-Africa 45
Lina Benabdallah and YuJun Zou
9 Chinese migrants 49
Yoon Jung Park
10 Christianity 55
Elizabeth Sheridan Sperber
11 Civil war 62
Kendra Dupuy
12 Constitutions 67
Muna Ndulo
13 Corruption 73
Anna Persson
14 Coups d'état 79
Moses Khisa
15 Debt management 84
Enock W. N. Bulime
16 Decentralisation 90
Benjamin Chemouni
17 Decolonisation 94
Anye-Nkwenti Nyamnjoh
18 Democracy and democratic backsliding 101
Lise Rakner
19 Development as idea 107
Corrie Decker and Elisabeth McMahon
20 Economic transformation 114
David Booth
21 Economy of affection 117
Goran Hyden
22 Education 121
Abrehet Gebremedhin
23 Election violence 126
Fariha Tabassum Michael Wahman
24 Elections 133
Yonatan L. Morse
25 Energy 139
Christopher Gore
26 Ethnicity 146
Shaheen Mozaffar
27 Extraversion 153
Engbo Gissel and Peter Brett
28 Federalism 157
Asnake Kefale
29 Foreign aid 164
Kenneth Kalu
30 Foreign policies 168
John F. Clark and Stephanie Uviovo
31 Formalisation 175
Max Gallien and Vanessa van den Boogaard
32 Global value chains 182
Haftom Bayray Kahsay
33 Governance 186
Anne Mette Kjær
34 The green transition 192
Christopher Vandome
35 Industrial policy 198
Julius Kiiza
36 Inequalities 205
Jeremy Seekings
37 Information control 211
Lisa-Marie Selvik and Pauline Lemaire
38 International Criminal Court 216
Line Engbo Gissel
39 International relations 222
Maxine Rubin
40 Internet access 229
Pauline Lemaire and Lisa-Marie Selvik
41 Islam 234
Leonardo A. Villalón
42 Judiciary 241
Daniel R. Ruhweza
43 Labour market precarity 247
Grace-Edward Galabuzi
44 Land tenure reform 252
Catherine Boone
45 Language 260
Wanga Gambushe
46 Liberation movements 265
Henning Melber
47 Marketplace politics 270
Ane Edslev
48 Military mutinies 275
Maggie Dwyer
49 Movement politics 278
Joshua B. Rubongoya
50 Natural resource governance 286
Nelson Oppong
51 "New scramble for Africa" 292
Christopher Vandome
52 Pan-Africanism 298
Moses Khisa
53 Parliaments 304
Michaela Collord
54 Party financing 312
Chipo Dendere
55 Party systems 314
Xichavo Alecia Ndlovu
56 Peacekeeping 321
Jonathan Fisher and Nina Wilén
57 Pockets of effectiveness 328
Anne Mette Kjær
58 Political accountability 332
Rod Alence
59 Political parties 338
Matthias Krönke, Robert Mattes, and Sarah J. Lockwood
60 Political science 345
S. Wanjala Nasong'o
61 Political settlement 352
Hazel Gray
62 Political unpredictability 356
Rebecca Tapscott
63 Poverty 363
Marianne S. Ulriksen
64 Pre-colonial organisations 365
Godfrey Asiimwe
65 Presidentialism 373
Anja Osei
66 Private foundations 380
Adam Moe Fejerskov
67 Protest 384
Aditi Malik
68 Public policy 389
Gedion Onyango
69 Rebel groups 396
Christopher Day
70 Reciprocity 403
Lauren M. MacLean
71 Refugees 409
Badru Bukenya and Janet I. Lewis
72 Regional integration 414
Sabastiano Rwengabo
73 The resource curse 421
Ross Harvey
74 The slave trade 428
Nonso Obikili
75 Social movements 432
Gavaza Maluleke
76 Social protection 437
Hangala Siachiwena
77 Sovereignty 442
Amy Niang
78 State capacity 446
Clare Cummings
79 State fragility 454
Norman Sempijja
80 Statehood 458
Shingirai L. Taodzera
81 Tax reforms and donor support 466
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad
82 Taxation and state-building 473
Vanessa van den Boogaard and Tanya Bandula-Irwin
83 Technology and technopolitics 480
Adam Moe Fejerskov
84 Traditional justice 484
Monica De Souza Louw and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
85 Truth commissions 491
Tim Murithi
86 Urban informality 495
Tom Goodfellow
87 Urban politics 500
Jeffrey W. Paller
88 Welfare state 504
Marianne S. Ulriksen
89 Women and politics 508
Aili Mari Tripp
90 The WTO 514
Faizel Ismail
91 Youth 520
Richard Asante
Index 527
