Claude Ake

1939-1996·9,234 citations

Nigerian political scientist and leading theorist of African political economy and democracy, known for his critical analysis of development theory and advocacy for participatory democracy in Africa

Works

238 works

Title	Year	Language	Citations▼
Democracy and development in Africa	2001	english	3,336
Feasibility of democracy in Africa	2000	english	829
The African context of human rights	1987	english	251
What is the Problem of Ethnicity in Africa?	1993	english	206
Political economy of Nigeria	1985	english	199
Explanatory notes on the political economy of Africa	1976	english	153
The political economy of crisis and underdevelopment in Africa: Selected works of Claude Ake	1989	english	153
The future of the state in Africa	1985	english	137
The new world order: A view from Africa	2019	english	131
Charismatic legitimation and political integration	1966	english	130
The feasibility of democracy in Africa	1992	english	126
The case for democracy	1990	english	91
Explaining political instability in new states	1973	—	90
Political integration and political stability: A hypothesis	1967	english	89
13 Dangerous liaisons: the interface of globalization and democracy	1997	english	72
The state in contemporary Africa	1985	english	71
Development and democracy in Africa	1996	english	71
The new world order: A view from the south	1992	english	68
Building on the Indigenous	1991	english	65
Socio-political approaches and policies for sustainable development in Africa	1995	english	64
Academic freedom and material base	1990	english	59
Why is Africa not developing	1985	english	58
Devaluing democracy	1992	english	56
Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur Insights from the Interface of State, Democracy and Civil Society	1997	english	51
Deeper into Original Sin: The Context of Ethical Crisis in Africa's Public Services	1993	—	48
Asymmetrical reciprocity: a contribution to the theory of political legitimacy [and comments and reply]	1980	—	47
The congruence of political economies and ideologies in Africa	1976	english	41
Shelling Nigeria Ablaze	1996	—	40
Democratization of disempowerment	1994	english	39
Re-thinking democracy in Africa	1991	english	39
Die Demokratisierung der Machtlosigkeit in Afrika	1994	englishtr.	34
The political economy of development: Does it have a future?	1988	—	33
Presidential address to the 1981 conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association	1981	english	32
Pan-Africanism and African Governments	1965	—	30
Ideology and objective conditions	1979	english	28
Globalization, multilateralism and the shrinking democratic space	1999	—	26
The Feasibility of Democracy in Africa (Dakar	2000	english	24
Raison D'etre	1986	english	23
Notes for a political economy of unemployment in Africa	1987	—	23
As Africa Democratises	1991	—	22
A plausible transition	1995	—	21
Development and underdevelopment	1993	—	21
Quality education in a dwindling economy	1988	—	20
Indigenization: problems of transformation in a neocolonial economy	1985	english	19
The present crisis in Africa: Economic crisis or a crisis of the State?	1989	—	18
The political economy of crisis and underdevelopment in Africa: Selected works of Claude Ake	1989	english	17
The theories and conception of leadership	1995	english	16
The political context of indigenization	1981	english	15
A Theory of Political	1967	english	14
How politics underdevelops Africa	1987	—	14