Africa Yearbook Volume 5: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara In 2008Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber, Klaas Van Walraven The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on European-African relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people. Buyers of the print edition get free access to the online version of all yearbooks published so far until Oct. 31, 2010. Go to www.brillonline.nl/accesstoken |
Contents
I SubSaharan Africa Andreas Mehler Henning Melber Klaas van Walraven | 1 |
II United Nations and SubSaharan Africa Linnea Bergholm | 19 |
III AfricanEuropean Relations Sven Grimm | 33 |
IV West Africa Klaas van Walraven | 43 |
V Central Africa Andreas Mehler | 185 |
VI Eastern Africa Rolf Hofmeier | 259 |
VII Southern Africa Henning Melber | 399 |
List of Authors | 517 |
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