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1 online resource (303 pages) |
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Democratization Special Issues |
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Democratization special issues.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Democratization in Africa 1990-2010: an assessment; 2. The abrogation of the electorate: an emergent African phenomenon; 3. The internal dynamics of power-sharing in Africa; 4. Taking back our democracy? The trials and travails of Nigerian elections since 1999; 5. An autocrat's toolkit: adaptation and manipulation in 'democratic' Cameroon; 6. Can democratization undermine democracy? Economic and political reform in Uganda; 7. Democracy promotion in Africa: the institutional context |
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8. Ethnicity and party preference in sub-Saharan Africa9. Democracy, identity and the politics of exclusion in post-genocide Rwanda: the case of the Batwa; 10. 'Well, what can you expect?': donor officials' apologetics for hybrid regimes in Africa; 11. Democratic crisis or crisis of confidence? What local perceptual lenses tell us about Madagascar's 2009 political crisis; Index |
| Summary |
It is two decades since the 'third wave' of democratization began to roll across sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1990s. This book provides a very timely investigation into the progress and setbacks over that period, the challenges that remain and the prospects for future democratization in Africa. It commences with an overall assessment of the (lack of) progress made from 1990 to 2010, exploring positive developments with reasons for caution. Based on original research, subsequent contributions examine various themes through country case-studies, inclusive of: the routinisation of election |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Democracy -- Africa
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Democratization -- Africa
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Democracy
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Democratization
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lynch, Gabrielle
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| ISBN |
9781135706289 |
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113570628X |
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