Democracy in Africa : successes, failures, and the struggle for p olitical reform / Nic Cheeseman, University of Oxford.

By:

Cheeseman, Nicholas, 1979- [ author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New approaches to African history ; 9 | New approaches to African history ; 9. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xx, 247 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9780521191128 (hb : alk. paper)
9780521138420 (pb : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

321.8096 23

Contents:

Introduction: democratization against the odds -- Fragments of de mocracy: participation & control in authoritarian Africa -- Cultures of resistance: civil society & the limits of power -- The second li beration: economic decline, the Cold War & democratization -- Export ing elections: international donors & the era of democratic dependency -- Subverting democracy: the advantages of incumbency & the politics of violence -- The democratic dividend: political competition, popu lism, and public policy -- Conclusion: designing democracy to manage diversity and distrust -- Appendix 1. the fate of Africa's democrat ic experiments 1989-2000.

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Democracy in Africa : successes, failures, and the struggle for p olitical reform / Nic Cheeseman, University of Oxford.