API 6343 African Politics
3 crédits
Affaires publiques et internationales
Faculte des sciences sociales
This course locates African politics within broader global processes and examines the interconnectedness of the local and the global in producing contemporary African politics. Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches, the course seeks to provide students with the theoretical and conceptual tools for analysing recent development on the continent. It covers some of the main debates and issues in the study of politics in Africa, including the shifting character of the state and its global entanglements; the politics of ethnicity; the forms of conflict and political violence; the dynamics of democratization; as well as China’s growing influence on the continent.
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Cours magistral
Terme proposées précédemment:
Automne
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