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

By: Material type: TextSeries: New approaches to African history ; 9.Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xx, 247 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521191128 (hb : alk. paper)
  • 9780521138420 (pb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 321.8096 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1879. C536 2015
Contents:
Introduction: democratization against the odds -- Fragments of democracy: participation & control in authoritarian Africa -- Cultures of resistance: civil society & the limits of power -- The second liberation: economic decline, the Cold War & democratization -- Exporting elections: international donors & the era of democratic dependency -- Subverting democracy: the advantages of incumbency & the politics of violence -- The democratic dividend: political competition, populism, and public policy -- Conclusion: designing democracy to manage diversity and distrust -- Appendix 1. the fate of Africa's democratic experiments 1989-2000.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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