PSC 216 - African Politics

Course Units: 1

(Not offered in 2015-16) This course is designed to introduce students to the essential political history and political dynamics of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. By the end of the term, students will have developed an understanding of the process through which the states of contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa emerged; the types of political systems that have evolved in these states; ethnicity and ethnic conflict in Africa; inter and intra-state wars on the continent and their impact; the challenges of economic development and securing prosperity for Africa; and gender and politics, religion and politics, and the politics of terrorism in Africa.