Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change (African Arguments) - Softcover

Adam Branch And Zachariah Mampilly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780329970 ISBN 13: 9781780329970

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Africa Uprising

About this title

Review:

'Why, after two decades of multiparty rule in Africa, do political protests persist? This accessible account of popular demands for an end to poverty challenges conventional narratives about democratization, economic development and a rising middle class. The authors reveal the Arab awakening of 2011 as part of an ongoing history of urban mass movements elsewhere on the African continent. Recommended.' --Michael Bratton, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and African Studies, Michigan State University

'Increasingly interconnected and better informed than ever, Africa's peoples are more and more ready to go onto the streets in defence of their rights... Branch and Mampilly skillfully show how African politics is changing and how the collective agency of the ordinary citizen is something that will progressively shape political culture and practice across the continent. A luta continua!' --Professor Ian Taylor, University of St Andrews

About the Author:

Adam Branch is Assistant Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research, in Kampala, Uganda. In addition to his academic work, he has worked extensively with Human Rights Focus, a grassroots human rights organization based in Gulu, northern Uganda.

Zachariah Mampilly is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, Africana Studies and International Studies at Vassar College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780329970
• ISBN 13: 9781780329970
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224