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Africanists' Contributions to POlitical Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2002

Goran Hyden
Affiliation:
University of Florida

Extract

In this brief overview, I argue that Africanist contributions to the study of politics have not been insignificant. While Africanists, like many other comparativists, have felt uncomfortable about the imperialist aspirations of rational choice, they increasingly see the future as a time when theoretical and methodological pluralism will prevail.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2001 by the American Political Science Association

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