Five College African Studies : Carlene Edie

Carlene Edie

Professor

Department of Political Science
University of Massachusetts

Office: Thompson 206
Telephone: (413) 545-6172
E-mail: cjedie@polsci.umass.edu
Web: http://www.umass.edu/polsci/faculty_staff/index.html

Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1984).

Research Interests: The strength of clientelism in Africa's new democracies.

Courses include: Government and Politics of West Africa; Government and Politics of East Africa; African Political Economy.

Publications: Politics in Africa: a New Beginning? (2002); Democracy in the Caribbean: Myths and Realities(1994); Democracy by Default: Dependency and Clientelism in Jamaica (1991).

Languages: English, French.

Geographic focus: former British colonies, especially The Gambia.

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	Carlene Edie Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Office: Thompson 206 Telephone: (413) 545-6172 E-mail: cjedie@polsci.umass.edu Web: http://www.umass.edu/polsci/faculty_staff/index.html Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (1984). Research Interests: The strength of clientelism in Africa's new democracies. Courses include: Government and Politics of West Africa; Government and Politics of East Africa; African Political Economy. Publications: Politics in Africa: a New Beginning? (2002); Democracy in the Caribbean: Myths and Realities(1994); Democracy by Default: Dependency and Clientelism in Jamaica (1991). Languages: English, French. Geographic focus: former British colonies, especially The Gambia.