Turning Points in African Democracy
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Turning Points in African Democracy

  1. 255 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Turning Points in African Democracy

About this book

Radical changes have taken place in Africa since 1990. What are the realities of these changes? What significant differences have emerged between African countries? What is the future for democracy in the continent?
The editors have chosen eleven key countries to provide enlightening comparisons and contrasts to stimulate discussion among students. They have brought together a team of scholars who are actively working in the changing Africa of today.Each chapter is structured around a framing event which defines the experience of democratisation.
The editors have provided an overview of the turning points in African politics. They engage with debates on how to study andevaluate democracy in Africa, such as the limits of elections. They identify four major themes with which to examine similarities and divergences as well as to explain change and continuity in what happened in the past.ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA is University Lecturer in African Politics at Queen Elizabeth House and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; LINDSAY WHITFIELD is a Research Fellow at the Danish Institute of International Studies, Copenhagen.

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Table of contents

  1. FRONTCOVER
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
  4. FOREWORD
  5. NOTES ON CONTRUBUTORS
  6. ABBREVIATIONS
  7. 1. African Democratisation: The Journey So Far
  8. 2. Senegal since 2000: Rebuilding Hegemony in a Global Age
  9. 3. Côte d’Ivoire since 1993: The Risky Reinvention of a Nation
  10. 4. Ghana since 1993: A Successful Democratic Experiment?
  11. 5. Nigeria since 1999: A Revolving Door Syndrome or the Consolidation of Democracy?
  12. 6. Kenya Since 2002: The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same
  13. 7. Zambia since 1990: Paradoxes of Democratic Transition
  14. 8. South Africa since 1994: Who Holds Power after Apartheid?
  15. 9. Mozambique since 1989: Shaping Democracy after Socialism
  16. 10. Rwanda & Burundi since 1994: An End to the Discriminatory State?
  17. 11. Zimbabwe since 1997: Land & the Legacies of War
  18. 12. Conclusion: The Politics of African States in the Era of Democratisation
  19. INDEX