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Mazrui, Ali A. – International Social Science Journal, 1983
Describes the political development of post-colonial Africa. Continuing tension has existed between single party and multi-party solutions to political organization and between mass movements and elitism. While Africans have been responive to socialist rhetoric, the primacy of ethnicity and the weak class structure have militated against genuine…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Authoritarianism
Bunge, Frederica M., Ed.; Shinn, Rinn-Sup, Ed. – 1981
Basic facts are given about the social, economic, political, and military institutions of China. The handbook, which is one of a continuing series designed for those interested in foreign affairs, is a revision of one published in 1972. The 1981 edition focuses on historical antecedents and China's new modernization strategies. Arranged into 14…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies