Africa Yearbook Volume 8 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara In 2011

The Africa Yearbook is a reliable source of reference covering major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends of all sub-Saharan states - all related to developments in one calendar year. The Africa Yearbook has won the ASA 2012 Conover-Porter Book Award!The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on African-European relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people. The Africa Yearbook covers major, domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa - all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations. General overview chapters summarise continental developments, African-European relations and the UN and Africa. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbooks mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teacher, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people. Book jacket