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Theorizing in Comparative Politics Democratization in Africa

Hyden, Goran
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781009429511
Publisert
2024-01-18
Utgiver
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Cambridge University Press
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408 gr
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235 mm
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155 mm
Dybde
17 mm
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G, 01
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Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
186

Forfatter
Hyden, Goran

Biographical note

Goran Hyden is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. Theorizing in Comparative Politics is the result of sixty years of research and teaching shared between East Africa and Florida. Earlier iterations of the work include Political Development in Rural Tanzania (1969), No Shortcuts to Progress (1983), and African Politics in Comparative Perspective (2006).

Theorizing in Comparative Politics Democratization in Africa

Hyden, Goran
Innbundet / 2024 / Engelsk
Hyden, Goran
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'Hyden brings six decades of wide-ranging research, teaching, and reflection on African politics to this new volume. He revisits the first wave of political development research in the 1960s and connects this to the study of democratization in the 1990s and 2000s. Hyden reworks several leitmotifs of his most impactful contributions to the field, questioning the inevitability of democracy in the Western mould and calling for new ways of conceptualizing political development in African countries. A reflective and humane account.' Catherine Boone, Professor of Comparative Politics, London School of Economics

'Goran Hyden has offered keen insight into African politics for decades. This retrospective speaks more broadly to the field of comparative politics from a place of deeply informed perspective, providing a welcome reminder of the ongoing need to balance generality with context. Comparativists will be the better for reading it.' Benjamin Smith, UF Term Professor of Political Science, University of Florida

'Hydén's book provides a trenchant, non-statistical approach to contemporary African politics - a worthy summation of a distinguished career … Highly recommended. C. E. Welch, CHOICE

This book addresses a pertinent issue in comparative politics: how can the discipline do analytical justice to regions of the world that differ historically from the Western experience? For decades the West has served as a baseline against which all other regions are assessed, most recently in studies of democratization. Structural differences between regions have been ignored in favour of explanations based on human agency and institutions. In Theorizing in Comparative Politics, Goran Hyden uses the countries of Africa as an empirical case to demonstrate what a structural approach adds to the comparative study of democracy. Priorities like state-building challenge the effort to shape democratic regimes and call for explanations that recognize the impact of local power dynamics on the prospects for democratic development. Informative and thoughtful, this book sheds light on issues that have been underexplored in the field in recent years.
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1. Three theoretical spurts; 2. How history matters; 3. Relevance of social formations; 4. Nation-states and state-nations; 5. Regimes and institutions; 6. Parties and ideology; 7. Culture and the public sphere; 8. Four neighbours, four regimes; 9. What Africa teaches us.
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This book moves comparison beyond a narrow focus on democratization to better understand politics in developing regions of the world.

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'Hyden brings six decades of wide-ranging research, teaching, and reflection on African politics to this new volume. He revisits the first wave of political development research in the 1960s and connects this to the study of democratization in the 1990s and 2000s. Hyden reworks several leitmotifs of his most impactful contributions to the field, questioning the inevitability of democracy in the Western mould and calling for new ways of conceptualizing political development in African countries. A reflective and humane account.' Catherine Boone, Professor of Comparative Politics, London School of Economics

'Goran Hyden has offered keen insight into African politics for decades. This retrospective speaks more broadly to the field of comparative politics from a place of deeply informed perspective, providing a welcome reminder of the ongoing need to balance generality with context. Comparativists will be the better for reading it.' Benjamin Smith, UF Term Professor of Political Science, University of Florida

'Hydén's book provides a trenchant, non-statistical approach to contemporary African politics - a worthy summation of a distinguished career … Highly recommended. C. E. Welch, CHOICE

This book addresses a pertinent issue in comparative politics: how can the discipline do analytical justice to regions of the world that differ historically from the Western experience? For decades the West has served as a baseline against which all other regions are assessed, most recently in studies of democratization. Structural differences between regions have been ignored in favour of explanations based on human agency and institutions. In Theorizing in Comparative Politics, Goran Hyden uses the countries of Africa as an empirical case to demonstrate what a structural approach adds to the comparative study of democracy. Priorities like state-building challenge the effort to shape democratic regimes and call for explanations that recognize the impact of local power dynamics on the prospects for democratic development. Informative and thoughtful, this book sheds light on issues that have been underexplored in the field in recent years.
Les mer
1. Three theoretical spurts; 2. How history matters; 3. Relevance of social formations; 4. Nation-states and state-nations; 5. Regimes and institutions; 6. Parties and ideology; 7. Culture and the public sphere; 8. Four neighbours, four regimes; 9. What Africa teaches us.
Les mer
This book moves comparison beyond a narrow focus on democratization to better understand politics in developing regions of the world.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781009429511
Publisert
2024-01-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
186

Forfatter
Hyden, Goran

Biographical note

Goran Hyden is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. Theorizing in Comparative Politics is the result of sixty years of research and teaching shared between East Africa and Florida. Earlier iterations of the work include Political Development in Rural Tanzania (1969), No Shortcuts to Progress (1983), and African Politics in Comparative Perspective (2006).

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