Africa : dilemmas of development and change / edited by Peter Lewis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Development and Change in Africa -- Pt. 1. States and Leadership. 1. Personal Rule: Theory and Practice in Africa / Robert H. Jackson and Carl G. Rosberg. 2. Class, State, and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria / Richard A. Joseph. 3. Patrons, Clients, and Factions: New Dimensions of Conflict Analysis in Africa / Richard Sandbrook -- Pt. 2. State, Society, and Participation. 4. Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement / Peter P. Ekeh. 5. Disengagement from the State in Africa: Reflections on the Experience of Ghana and Guinea / Victor Azarya and Naomi Chazan. 6. Political Transition and the Dilemma of Civil Society in Africa / Peter Lewis -- Pt. 3. Class, Ethnicity, and Gender. 7. The Nature of Class Domination in Africa / Richard L. Sklar. 8. The Making of a Rentier Class: Wealth Accumulation and Political Control in Senegal / Catherine Boone.

9. Reconfiguring State-Ethnic Relations in Africa: Liberalization and the Search for New Routines of Interaction / Donald Rothchild. 10. Gender, Political Participation, and the Transformation of Associational Life in Uganda and Tanzania / Aili Mari Tripp -- Pt. 4. Democracy and Political Transition. 11. Africa: The Second Wind of Change / Larry Diamond. 12. Neopatrimonial Regimes and Political Transitions in Africa / Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de Walle. 13. Democratization: Understanding the Relationship Between Regime Change and the Culture of Politics / Pearl T. Robinson. 14. Africa: An Interim Balance Sheet / Crawford Young -- Pt. 5. Political Economy: Crisis and Reform. 15. Trends in Development Economics and Their Relevance to Africa / Tony Killick. 16. Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Foreign Economic Relations of Sub-Saharan African States / Thomas M. Callaghy. 17. Adjustment with Growth: A Fragile Consensus / John Ravenhill.

18. The Structural Adjustment of Politics in Africa / Jeffrey Herbst.

In the decades since independence, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa have faced three central dilemmas of development. The first has been the challenge of state building. In the wake of colonial rule, governments have encountered the problems of establishing legitimate authority and constructing capable states. A second dilemma has been that of nation building and state-society relations.

African countries have confronted the difficulties of managing ethnic diversity, forging national identities, and negotiating relations between citizens and rulers. The third challenge encompasses problems of economic development as the region has grappled with a legacy of poverty, slow growth, and external dependence. This collection provides an overview of the leading themes and issues in these three critical areas of Africa's postindependent development.

Providing a broad historical perspective on Africa's political and economic development and an overview of current problems and prospects, this collection will be especially useful for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and development professionals.