African Politics

A Critical History of Southern Rhodesia
Gardner Thompson

Gardner Thompson offers a fresh history of British rule in Southern Rhodesia, from the first colonial settlements in Mashonaland in the 1890s to the establishment of the country's    More >

Adventures in Zambian Politics: A Story in Black and White
Guy Scott

As Miles Larmer writes in the foreword, Adventures in Zambian Politics is unlike any political memoir you have ever read. It is ... A political history of Zambia from colonial times to    More >

Africa: Unity, Sovereignty, and Sorrow
Pierre Englebert

Winner of the 2010 African Politics Conference Group Best Book Award! Though the demise of one or another African state has been heralded for nearly five decades, the map of the    More >

Africa’s Insurgents: Navigating an Evolving Landscape
Morten Bøås and Kevin C. Dunn, editors

Amid an array of shifting national, regional, and global forces, how have African insurgents managed to adapt and survive? And what differences and similarities can be found, both among the    More >

Africa’s International Relations: Balancing Domestic and Global Interests
Beth Elise Whitaker and John F. Clark

Comprehensive and engaging, this timely introduction to Africa's international relations explores how power, interests, and ideas influence interactions both among the continent's    More >

Africa’s New Global Politics: Regionalism in International Relations
Rita Kiki Edozie and Moses Khisa

The African Union's threat to lead African states' mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court in 2008 marked just one of many encounters that demonstrate African    More >

Africa’s Totalitarian Temptation: The Evolution of Autocratic Regimes
Dave Peterson

Disappointment with the ability of democracy to deliver economic rewards in much of Africa—and with the persistence of instability, corruption, and poor governance in democratic    More >

African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms
Katharina P. Coleman and Thomas K. Tieku, editors

What impact have African actors had on perceptions of and responses to current international security challenges? Are there international peace and security norms with African roots? How can    More >

African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors, 3rd edition
Todd J. Moss and Danielle Resnick

Both authoritative and accessible, African Development introduces the issues, actors, and institutions at play in development trajectories across sub-Saharan Africa. This new edition,    More >

African Foreign Policies: Power and Process
Gilbert M. Khadiagala and Terrence Lyons, editors

This comprehensive treatment of the interplay between domestic and international politics analyzes efforts by African states to manage their external relations amid seismic shifts in the    More >

African Guerrillas: Raging Against the Machine
Morten Bøås and Kevin C. Dunn, editors

At the center of many of Africa's violent conflicts are movements that do not seem to fit any established theories of armed resistance. African Guerrillas offers new models for    More >

Ambiguous Order: Military Forces in African States
Herbert M. Howe

This original work examines three potential options for increasing state security in contemporary Africa: regional military groupings, private security companies, and a continent-wide,    More >

Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990-2019
Mcebisi Ndletyana

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! Observers reacted with shock to the 2016 African National Congress electoral loss in Port Elizabeth, once an ANC stronghold. Yet, argues Mcebisi    More >

Better Governance and Public Policy: Capacity Building for Democratic Renewal in Africa
Dele Olowu and Soumana Sako, editors

Exploring the relationship between governance and development policy, the authors of this collection describe recent governance changes in a range of African countries, analyze the    More >

Beyond Plunder: Toward Democratic Governance in Liberia
Amos Sawyer

Can a stable political order be established in Liberia in the aftermath of the collapse of governance and a horrendous period of pillage and carnage? Amos Sawyer argues that the task can    More >

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