Title: Angola : the weight of history /
Authors: Chabal, Patrick, 1951-2014.; Vidal, Nuno.
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Angola Politics and government.; Angola History.; Angola Economic conditions.
Abstract: "Patrick Chabal and Nuno Vidal's Angola is a thorough introduction to the history and present-day reality of one of Africa's most complex countries. Contributors, who are all leading scholars in the field, offer incisive and original analyses of Angola's colonial history, its economic, political, and social evolution since independence, its current structural issues, and its prospects for the future. Essays begin with a probing look at Angola's difficult past and then discuss its move away from hegemonic domination towards a multiparty political system and a civil society."--Jacket.
Contents: E pluribus unum : transitions in Angola / Patrick Chabal -- Angola in historical context / Malyn Newitt -- The mutation of hegemonic domination / Christine Messiant -- The Angolan regime and the move to multiparty politics / Nuno Vidal -- The economic foundations of the patrimonial state / Tony Hodges -- Social neglect and the emergence of civil society / Nuno Vidal.