Politics in Francophone Africa / / Victor T. Le Vine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Le Vine, Victor T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Map of Francophone Africa --; Introduction --; Part 1. Contexts --; 1. The Human and Geographical Contexts of Politics --; 2. The Colonial Context --; 3. Political Life and Institutions, 1944–1960 --; Part 2. Society and Politics --; 4. Political Cultures --; 5. Ideology and Political Style: The Uneasy Marriage of Thought and Action --; 6. Ethnicity, Religion, and National Politics --; Part 3. Structures, Processes, and Power --; 7. Experiments in Power, 1958–2003 --; 8. Redemocratization --; 9. Rulers and Leaders --; 10. In the Shadow of the State: The Domain of Nonformal Politics --; Part 4. Connections --; 11. Francophone Africa in the Global Arena --; Appendixes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685853457; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685853457
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Victor T. Le Vine.

Explores the elements that have shaped the particular political dynamics of the 14 former French colonies in west and equatorial Africa while allowing them to remain part of a unique francophone sociopolitical community.