Studies in Power and Class in Africa

These thirteen original essays bring the concept of social class to the analysis of contemporary African politics. Each considers different aspects of a single theme: the 'authoritative allocation of values', or who gets what when, where, and why - and who gets left out. The book addresses problems of major concern in the daily lives of ordinary people, pointing out just how precarious life was for most Africans during and after the colonial period. The authors, who represent a highlight of political perspectives and disciplinary backgrounds, also highlight the importance of the state, religion, ideology, gender, ethnicity, language, and international relations in determining policy and in understanding society in general. Readership: political scientists, sociologists, and economists with a particular interest in Africa; Third World specialists

Epistemology · Physics · Political science · African history and culture studies · History · Philosophy · World Systems and Global Transformations

• Colonialism and Gender in Africa

  Open Access•Funmilayo Idowu Agbaje•The Palgrave Handbook of African…•2019

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• Drowning not Waving

  Ian Taylor•Critical African Studies•2009

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• Uncivil society, capitalism and the state in Africa

  Irving Leonard Markovitz•Commonwealth and Comparative…•1998

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• The Southern African post‐colonial state

  Tom Lodge•Commonwealth and Comparative…•1998

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• Re-imagining uMakhulu as integral epistemic agents in addressing climate change

  Open Access•Elsie Bokaba, Yolandi M Coetser•AlterNative An International…•2025

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• Transforming Women's Citizenship Rights within an Emerging Democratic State

  Open Access•Kathleen M Fallon•Gender & Society•2003

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• Labour and landscapes

  N Thomas Håkansson, N Håkansson et al.•Geografiska Annaler Series B…•2007

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• Theorizing past and present women's organizations in Kenya

  Open Access•Monica Udvardy, M L Udvardy•World Development•1998

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• Mozambique, 50 years (1975-2025)

  Open Access•L Macagno•Anthropology Today•2025

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• Institutionalising Women's Interests and Accountability to Women in Development (Introduction)

  Open Access•Anne Marie Goetz•IDS Bulletin•2006

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• Political culture, state elites and regional security in West Africa

  Ian Taylor, Paul D Williams•Journal of Contemporary African…•2008

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• Change and the contestation of meaning in African life

  Edgar V Winans•Reviews in Anthropology•1995

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• Bonanza and dependency in Botswana

  Open Access•Tom Meisenhelder•Studies in Comparative…•1994

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• Sartre's Legacy in Postcolonial Theory; or, Who's Afraid of Non-Western Historiography and Cultural Studies

  Donald R Wehrs•New Literary History•2003

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• The Material Roots of the Suspended African State

  Open Access•Abdi Ismail Samatar, Abdi Samatar•The Journal of Modern African…•1987

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• The making of a rentier class

  Catherine Boone•The Journal of Development Studies•1990

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• Ethnicity and Leadership Succession in Africa

  John Londregan, Henry Bienen et al.•International Studies Quarterly•1995

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• A Community Model of African Politics

  Open Access•Göran Hydén, Donald C Williams•Comparative Studies in Society…•1994

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• Political Cleavages in a Democratizing Society

  Open Access•Kisangani N F Emizet, Kisangani N Emizet•Comparative Political Studies•1999

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• Intelectuais orgânicos e legitimação do Estado no Moçambique pós-independência

  Open Access•Carlos Fernandes•Afro-Ásia•2013

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• Confronting Leaders at the Apex of the State

  Kisangani N F Emizet•African Studies Review•1998

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• Civil Society in Europe and Africa

  Dwayne Woods•African Studies Review•1992

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• Dancing for Our Mother

  Lisa Gilman, Lisa Gilman Lisa Gilman•Africa Today•2017

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• Doing being middle-class in the global South

  Open Access•Carola Lentz•Africa•2020

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• Elite associations and the politics of belonging in Cameroon

  Open Access•Francis Nyamnjoh, Francis B Nyamnjoh et al.•Africa•1998

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• Rebellion, Revolution, and Tradition

  Open Access•Maxwell Owusu•Comparative Studies in Society…•1989

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• Conflicting narratives of Anglophone protest and the politics of identity in Cameroon

  Dickson Eyoh•Journal of Contemporary African…•1998

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• Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in Kenya

  April Gordon•Signs: Journal of Women in…•1995

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• The Military, Militarization and Democratization in Africa

  Robin Luckham•African Studies Review•1994

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