POL309H1S L0101
Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges
Themes
This course explores main drivers of political organization and change in contemporary Africa, focusing on how national, regional, and international factors shape institutions, patterns of participation and political change. It considers major scholarly debates in the study of African politics and political economy and develops analytical skills for comparative study of this diverse continent. As part of that, it will critically examine the social, economic and political realities of post-colonial Africa through the struggle ending the vestiges of colonialism, and late colonization of creating and sustaining modern state, bringing about a coherent definitions of national identity, competing nationalisms, ethnonational conflicts, democratization, the dream and the experience of regional integration and pan-Africanist agenda to address the challenges of the continent including food security, infectious diseases and gender equality as well as continuity and change in foreign policies and international relations in a globalizing world .
Texts
Library Reading List
Format and Requirements
TBA
Prerequisites
1.0 credit in POL/ JPA/ JPF/ JPI/ JPR/ JPS/ JRA courses