Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling (World Political Theories)

In this book, Patrick Chabal  discusses the limitations of existing political theories of Africa and proposes a different starting point; arguing that political thinking ought to be driven by the need to address the immediacy of everyday life and death.  How do people define who they are?  Where do they belong?  What do they believe?  How do they struggle to survive and improve their lives?  What is the impact of illness and poverty?  In doing so, Chabal proposes a radically different way of looking at politics in Africa and illuminates the ways ordinary people "suffer and smile." This is a highly original addition to Zed's groundbreaking Global Political Theories series.

• Political Theories of Decolonization: Postcolonialism and the Problem of Foundations
• African Politics in Comparative Perspective
• King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
• African Struggles Today: Social Movements Since Independence
• Africa since Independence
• International Relations and World Politics (5th Edition)
• The Fate of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence
• Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle
• Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
• Political Science Research Methods