The African Affairs reader: key texts in politics, development, and international relations

1. An introduction to African Affairs and African Studies / Nic Cheeseman, Carl Death and Lindsay Whitfield

PART ONE: THE AFRICAN STATE : 2. An introduction to the African state / Nic Cheeseman, Carl Death and Lindsay Whitfield

3. The End of the Post-Colonial State in Africa? Reflections on Changing African Political Dynamics / Crawford Young

4. Property and Constitutional Order: Land tenure reform and the future of the African state / Catherine Boone

5. Does organized crime exist in Africa? / Stephen Ellis and Mark Shaw

PART TWO: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT : 6. An introduction to the political economy of development / Lindsay Whitfield

7. The Politics of ownership: Tanzania coffee policy in the age of liberal reformism / Stefano Ponte

8. Close Encounters: Chinese business networks as industrial catalysts in Sub-Saharan Africa / Deborah Brautigam

9. Developmental patrimonialism? The case of Rwanda / David Booth and Frederick Golooba-Mutebi

PART THREE: ELECTIONS, DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATION : 10. An introduction to elections, democracy and representation / Nic Cheeseman

11. Elections and Democratic Transition in Nigeria under the Fourth Republic / J. Shola Omotola

12. Elites and Democracy in Ghana: A social network approach / Anja Osei

13. Neo-Patrimonial Politics in the ANC / Tom Lodge

PART FOUR: AFRICA AND THE WORLD : 14. An introduction to Africa and the world / Carl Death

15. What Is the Concept of Globalization Good for? An African Historian's Perspective / Frederick Cooper

16. Fighting gender-based violence: The women's movement and the enforcement of rape law in Liberia / Peace Medie

17. Negotiating China: Reinserting African Agency into China-Africa relations / Giles Mohan and Ben Lampert

18. Briefing: The African Union at Ten: An appraisal / Tim Murithi.