Sudan, 1898-1989
Subtitle: the unstable state
By: Peter Woodward.
Publisher: L. Rienner Publishers; L. Crook Academic Pub.
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Boulder; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Sudan -- Politics and government; Sudan -- Social conditions
Description: This book analyzes the role of the state since independence, examining the reasons for civil war, economic collapse, fall of civilian government,. imposition of martial law, & suspension of constitution. He emphasised: 1) political relations between rural communities & state; 2) politicization of cultural & ethnic differences; 3) the state's part in the competition among classes, religious groups, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-264).