Angola

Westview Press

1997

x, 166 pages

Nations of the modern world

978-0813333359

1. Geographical setting -- 2. Historical background. Precolonial Angola -- Angola under the Portuguese -- The war of independence -- 3. Political ideology and practice. War in postindependence Angola -- The centralized one-party state -- Toward democracy and political pluralism -- Crisis politics -- International relations -- 4. Economic potential and performance. Economic policy -- The informal economy -- Main economic sectors -- Trade and aid -- 5. Socioeconomic conditions and cultural traits. Population and ethnolinguistic groups -- Socioeconomic conditions -- Education -- Health -- Civil society and cultural institutions -- 6. Angola's future. The best case scenario -- The worst case scenario -- The middle case scenario.

Английский