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Angola

The Weight of History

Patrick Chabal editor Nuno Vidal editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Published:29th Oct '07

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It is hoped that the multiparty elections of 2007 will bring about a political system in Angola that will ensure the country's sustained economic and social development. Angola is just emerging from almost three decades of civil war, and its abundant natural resources and booming oil sector could lay the groundwork for long-term economic prosperity and cement the transition towards political stability. But are these hopes realistic? "Angola" provides a thorough introduction to the history of Angola and analyzes its economic, political, and social evolution since independence. Its contributors offer incisive, original, and contemporary interpretations of one of the most complex countries in Africa.

"This book's great strength is to put the contemporary,postwar condition of Angola into a historicalcontext and to show how the present cannot beunderstood without this highly particular past. Itis also very useful as a basis for the comparativeanalysis of African polities and economies."--ChrisCramer, School of Oriental and African Studies

ISBN: 9781850658849

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