COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF AFRICA

Undergraduate

This course offers a comparative view of the political systems of sub-Saharan African states. It examines discontinuities between indigenous and externally-imposed political structures; mass-elite cleavages and ethnic rivalries in deeply divided societies; and the economic peripheralization and debt crisis facing many of these nations today. PREREQUISITE: Political Science 2210 or permission of the instructor Seminar: Three hours a week