Scientific socialist regimes in Africa: Political differentiation, avoidance and unawareness

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Title:	Scientific socialist regimes in Africa: Political differentiation, avoidance and unawareness
Author:	Jowitt, K.
Book title:	Socialism in Sub-Saharan Africa: A New Assessment
Year:	1979
Pages:	133-173
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	political elite communism
Abstract:	There exists a striking gap between the ideological rhetoric of 'scientific socialist' regimes and their political practice. In this article the author specifies the common or general features of elites and regimes that have adopted the designation 'scientific socialist' of 'Marxist-Leninist'. The analysis rests on three notions - political differentiation, political avoidance, and political unawareness - and their relationship to the material and ideal interest of particular African elites and the types of choice (not simply resource) environments that they confront and to varying degrees favor. Notes.