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Analyzing Political Change in Africa

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edited by James R. Scarritt

Recent trends in Africa have drawn academic attention to political instability and the role of the military in unstable politics, as well as to class formation, class conflict, and prolonged economic dependency. This volume addresses these issues and others concerning national integration and institution building, using a comprehensive theoretical approach based on systems-functionalist theories. Eight diverse cases of African political change are analyzed in terms of the hierarchy of control and facilitation.

James R. Scarritt, professor of political science at the University of Colorado, has taught also at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Applications of a New Multidimensional Framework

edited by James R. Scarritt

First published 1980 by Westview Press

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Main entry under title:
Analyzing political change in Africa.
(A Westview replica edition)
Includes index.
1. Africa - Politics and government-1960- -Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Scar
ritt, James R.
JQ1872.A52 320.96 80-13484

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01791-0 (hbk)

James R. Scarritt , Ph.D (1963), Northwestern University, is Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado. He has done field research in Zambia and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), has published numerous articles and monographs on political change in those countries, and is completing a book on Zambian Politics for Cornell University Press. He has also published several pieces on the application of theories of political change to Africa, and has taught this subject at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, as well as the University of Colorado. Westview Press will also publish his coedited book, Developing Human Rights: Public Policies, Comparative Measures, and NGO Strategies.

John M. Cohen , Ph.D. (1973), University of Colorado, is Institute Fellow at the Harvard Institute for International Development, having previously taught at Cornell University and at Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He also served in the Peace Corps Lawyer Project in Ethiopia, and does extensive consulting on third world rural developmert. He is coauthor of two books and author of numerous monographs and articles on Ethiopia, focusing primarily on rural development.

Melvin J. Dubnick , Ph.D. (1974), University of Colorado, is currently Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola University of Chicago where he is Director of the Policy and Public Affairs Center and coordinator of the undergraduate public administration curriculum. His publications include articles on development planning, teaching policy studies, and standard setting in the U.S. His recent activities include research on regulatory policies and administrative reform and development of an introductory text on public policy analysis.

Peter Koehn , Ph.D. (1973), University of Colorado, is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Montana and does research and consultation on problems of local government in that state. He has taught in the Department of Public Administration at Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is now temporarily affiliated with the Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. His many publications include a coauthored book (with John M. Cohen) and numerous articles on Ethiopian local government.

Kathleen Goodman Lockard , Ph.D (1974), University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote a thesis based on research conducted in Uganda in 1971-72. She has taught at Northwestern University, SUNY-Buffalo, and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Although her major area of research interest is East Africa, she has also done research in Malaysia and is currently preparing a manuscript on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Kevin Maguire , Ph.D. (1969), University of Colorado, teaches political science and sociology at Waynesburg College in Pennsylvania, having previously taught at Gustavus Adolphus College, Shimer College, the University of Rhodesia, and Colorado State University. He is currently doing research on development and human needs in Greene County, Pennsylvania under a grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and has published several articles and papers on Rhodesian politics.

Walter C. Opello, Jr. , Ph.D. (1973), University of Colorado, is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi, and previously taught at the State University of New York at Albany. He has done field research in Portugal and East Africa. His publications include numerous articles on political change in both Portugal and Mozambique, as well as a theoretical analysis of internal war. His current research is concerned with continuity and change in Portuguese political culture.