Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898-1985With the attention of the industrialized world focused on the political, economic, and social strife of Africa, Tim Niblock travels to Sudan for a first-hand investigation of the socio-economic structure of that continent's largest country. His findings hold significant implications for the wider context of Africa, the Arab countries, and the Third World. His is a systematic and comprehensive study of Sudanese politics. A country with immense economic potential, possessing extensive tracts of cultivable but currently uncultivated land, Sudan could emerge as a major source of food for the Arab world. Yet it is threatened by famine while attempts at development are frustrated by civil war and political disarray. Niblock examines the political, economic, and social factors that have shaped the country's development. The fate of Sudan will be critical to the political stability of North-East Africa and the Red Sea area, and the Sudanese experience is instructive for underdeveloped countries as a whole. |
Contents
The Development of the Economy up to 1930 | 3 |
2 | 24 |
Economic Developments 193056 | 25 |
Social Forces under the Condominium | 49 |
11 | 55 |
4 | 60 |
6 | 66 |
7 | 80 |
Incomes of Less Than 12 | 110 |
2 | 117 |
3 | 125 |
Sudanese Nationalism and the Attainment | 160 |
The Dynamics of PostIndependence Politics 195669 | 204 |
Politics and Economy under the Nimairi Regime | 233 |
Epilogue | 290 |
Appendix | 337 |
the size and character | 81 |
9 | 91 |
Social Movements Regional Movements | 107 |
Glossary of Arabic Terms | 358 |
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Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898–1985 Timothy Niblock Limited preview - 1987 |
Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898-1985 Tim Niblock Limited preview - 1987 |
Class and Power in Sudan: The Dynamics of Sudanese Politics, 1898-1985 Tim Niblock Limited preview - 1987 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbud Abdallah Abdallah Khalil activities administration agricultural Ahmad al-Amin al-Azhari al-Fajr al-Mahdi Anyanya Arab Ashiqqah Babikir Beja Beshir Blue Nile British cent central committee Communist Party Condominium Condominium government congress constituted coterie cotton Council coup Darfur economic Egypt elections exports feddans free officers Gezira scheme government official graduates Ibid Ibrahim independence industry initially investment irrigation Kassala Khatmiyyah Kordofan labour land leadership Mahdist major mechanised mechanised agriculture ment merchants military ministers movement Muhammad Muhammad Ahmad nationalist nazir Nimairi nomadic Omdurman organisation peasants population position production prominent pump schemes radical regime Republic of Sudan role Salih Sayyid Abd al-Rahman schools sector senior Sennar Shaikh significant SMNL social South southern Sudan Sudan Government Sudan Socialist Union Sudanese establishment sultan SWTUF Table tariqah tenants tion trade union tribal leaders Umma Party unionist University of Khartoum unpublished urban Uthman White Nile workers