Topic: Africa in World Politics ;Understanding the Impact of Colonialism on Africa’s Economic, Social & Political Structures
Mandatory Readings
• Bäck, Hanna; Hadenius, Axel. “Democracy and State Capacity: Exploring a J-Shaped Relationship”. Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institution, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2008. pp. 1-24. ISSN 0952-1895.
• Banjo, Adewale. “The politics of succession crisis in Africa: the case of Togo”. International Journal on World Peace Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 2008). pp. 33-55. ISSN 0742-3640.
• Frank, Etim O.; Ukpere, Wilfred I. “The Impact of Military Rule on Democracy in Nigeria”. Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 33 Issue: 3 (2012). pp. 285-292. ISSN 0971-8923.
• Orji, Nkwachukwu. “Civil society, democracy and good governance in Africa”. CEU Political Science Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2009. pp. 76-101. ISSN 1818-7668.
• Knutsen, Carl Henrik. “Democracy, state capacity and economic growth”. World Development, Volume 43, March 2013. pp. 1-18. ISSN 0305-750X.
Suggested Readings
1. Amin, Samir, Underdevelopment and dependency in Black Africa, Journal of Modern African Studies, 1972. https://www.jstor.org/stable/160011?seq=1
2. Claude Ake, Democracy & Development in Africa, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, 1996.https: www.b-ok.africa/book/1172034/3021a6 (pdf)
3. Back, H and A. Hadenius (2008) “Democracy and State Capacity: Exploring a J-Shaped Relationship”, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, Vol. 21, No. 1, January 2008 (pp. 1–24).
https//:www. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf..
4. Knutsen, CH (2013) “Democracy, state capacity and economic growth” World Development, 43, March 2013. https//:www.researchgate.net/publication/257156730.
5. Orji, N (2009) “Civil society, democracy and good governance in Africa”, CEU Political Science Journal. Vol. 4, No. 1. http//;www.academia.edu/793832/Civil_Society_Democracy..
6. Thomson Alex (2016) “An Introduction to African Politics”, Second edition, Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, London and New York. Chapters 5-7, pp84-150.
7. Thomson Alex, Kenya’s Colonial Inheritance (case study), An Introduction to African Politics, pp22-27
8. Thomson, Alex, Ethnicity, religion and the nation-state in Nigeria (case study), An introduction to African Politics, pp74-80
9. Warren, Bill. Imperialism: The Pioneer of Capitaliscgom. London: Verso 1980, htt//:www.newleftreview.org/issues/I81/articles/bill.
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