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Decalo, Samuel.

Africa, the lost decades / by Samuel Decalo. - Gainesville ; London : Florida Academic Press, 2012. - 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Military coups and military regimes in Africa -- Praetorianism, corporate grievances and idiosyncratic factors in African military hierarchies -- African personal dictatorships -- Modalities of civil-military stability in Africa -- Regionalism, political decay, and civil strife in Chad -- The morphology of radical African military rule in Africa -- Ideological rhetoric and scientific socialism in Benin and Congo/Brazzaville -- Socio-economic constraints on radical action in the People's Republic of Congo -- The process, prospects, and constraints of democratization in Africa -- The future of participatory democracy in Africa -- Coups and military regimes 1974-2004: has anything 325 really changed?

ISBN: 9781890357320 1890357324

LCCN: 2012009098

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1960

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Military government--Africa.
Democracy--Africa.
Civil-military relations--Africa.
Coups d'état--Africa.
Armed Forces--Political activity.
Civil-military relations.
Coups d'état.
Democracy.
Military government.
Politics and government

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Armed Forces--Political activity.
Africa.

LC Class. No.: JQ1873 / .D4 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 322.5096