A Political History of Ghana

A Political History of Ghana
Author: David Kimble
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 646
Release: 1963
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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Ethiopia Unbound

Ethiopia Unbound
Author: Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1911
Genre: Africa, West
ISBN:

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Democracies and the Populist Challenge

Democracies and the Populist Challenge
Author: Y. Meny
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2001-12-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1403920079

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Populism has become a favourite catchword for mass media and politicians faced with the challenge of protest parties or movements. It has often been equated with radical right leaders or parties. This volume offers a different perspective and underlines that populism is an ambiguous but constitutive component of democratic systems torn between their ideology (government of the people, by the people, for the people) and their actual functioning, characterised by the role of the elites and the limits put on the popular will by liberal constitutionalism.

Tradition and Modernity

Tradition and Modernity
Author: Kwame Gyekye
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195112253

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Gyekye offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times, and shows how Western philosophical concepts help in addressing a wide range of specifically African problems.

A Companion to African Philosophy

A Companion to African Philosophy
Author: Kwasi Wiredu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0470997370

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This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages. Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy. Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition. Includes accounts of pre-colonial African philosophy and contemporary political thought.