Actors in contemporary African politics
By: edited by Georg Klute and Peter Skalník
Publisher: Lit, for the Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Zürich?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783643904430
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Political participation; Social influence; Politics and government; Politik
Description: This book gives voice to the representatives of various social science disciplines who use the expression 'actor in politics' according to the requirements of their respective approaches. They nevertheless arrive at an interesting and, to a great extent, impressive unity in diversity. What the book shows is the encounter of African actors and their agency with external actors and factors. Another connection uniting the contributions is the fact that they address the impact political actors outside the official or formal domain can and do exert on the respective societies. Informal politics and informal political actors and their entanglement with the official and formal domain of politics are among peculiarities of current African politics. But, informality in politics and entanglement of formal and informal political actors might also hint at the future of politics and political order in general.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: African political actors in "ungoverned spaces" : towards a theory of heterarchy  -- Georg Klute; title: The FOI Bill : actors, interests and policy process in Nigeria  -- Jennifer Obado-Joel; title: The diaspora as actors in contemporary Nigerian politics : prospects and challenges  -- Nengak Daniel Gondyi; title: The political roles of First Ladies : applying Watson's theory to the Nigerian context  -- Linn Josefson Asplund; title: Progressive change : how civil society organizations in Africa can foster good governance  -- Julius Lambi; title: Baraka as a basis of the authority of Muslim leaders in Senegal  -- Olga Veselovskaya; title: Socio-cultural factors and political leadership : a case study of Ghana  -- Stephen Atalebe and Veronika Kuthanová; title: War and peace in Africa : local conflict and the weak state -- Peter Skalník.