AFRICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE REVUE AFRICAINE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE NEW SERIES Volume 4 Number 2 December 1999 Special Issue: Politics in Central Africa Guest Editor: Luc Sindjoun ISSN 1027 0353 African Journal of Political Science (formerly African Journal of Political Economy) Revue Africaine de Science Politique New Series Vol. 4 No. 2 December 1999 A Journal of the African Association of Political Science, it is published two times a year (June and December). Articles in the AIPS represent neither the views of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS) nor its officers. Responsibility for opinions or views expressed, and the accuracy of facts presented and published rests solely with the individual authors concerned. © African Association of Political Science, December 1999 Printed by: Print-Source (Pvt) Ltd, P.O. Box HG 640, Highlands, Harare, Zimbabwe Design & Layout: Martin Pireyi, P.O. Box CY2303, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe Editor: Kwame A. 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