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Liisa Laakso, Siphamandla Zondi - Political Science in Africa, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Africa Now

Political Science in Africa

Freedom, Relevance, Impact

Av Liisa Laakso, Siphamandla Zondi

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Beskrivning
Bringing together African and international scholars, this book gives an account of the present state of the discipline of political science in Africa - generating insights into its present and future trajectories, and assessing the freedom with which it is practiced.Tackling subjects including the decolonization of the discipline, political scientists as public intellectuals, and the teaching of political science, this diverse range of perspectives paints a detailed picture of the impact and relevance of the political science discipline on the continent during the struggles for democratization, and the influence it continues to exert today.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-01-25
  • Mått: 166 x 236 x 22 mm
  • Vikt: 560 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Africa Now
  • Antal sidor: 288
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781350299504
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Liisa Laakso is a senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala. Before 2019 she served three years as Rector of the University of Tampere and before that six years as Dean at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences.Siphamandla Zondi joined the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg, South Africa after four years as professor in the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria. He is also a senior research fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies.

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This is a timely study about a discipline that urgently needs introspection. It is even more relevant not because it focuses on Africa but rather because of the lessons the study of political science in Africa bears for a world that seems not to know anymore how to manage political power or to practice democracy. The authors marshal an impressive database that explains the epistemological grounding of the discipline, shows its contemporary relevance and, seen collectively, they help re-centre the study of political science in a very dynamic continent. The pathways for sustainable democratic future are already detectable in Africa and the lessons out of it are a compelling reason why this book is a must read.

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