Author : Peter Anyang' Nyong'o
Publisher : Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA : Zed Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1316239489
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design political systems that manage ethnic diversity, and why democratic governments often make bad policy decisions. Beginning in the colonial period with the introduction of multi-party elections and ending in 2013 with the collapse of democracy in Mali and South Sudan, the book describes the rise of authoritarian states in the 1970s; the attempts of trade unions and some religious groups to check the abuse of power in the 1980s; the remarkable return of multiparty politics in the 1990s; and finally, the tragic tendency for elections to exacerbate corruption and violence.
Author : Shadrack W. Nasong'o
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 49,71 MB
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1848137168
The path towards democracy in Kenya has been long and often tortuous. Though it has been trumpeted as a goal for decades, democratic government has never been fully realised, largely as a result of the authoritarian excesses of the Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki regimes. This uniquely comprehensive study of Kenya's political trajectory shows how the struggle for democracy has been waged in civil society, through opposition parties, and amongst traditionally marginalised groups like women and the young. It also considers the remaining impediments to democratisation, in the form of a powerful police force and damaging structural adjustment policies. Thus, the authors argue, democratisation in Kenya is a laborious and non-linear process. Kenyans' recent electoral successes, the book concludes, have empowered them and reinvigorated the prospects for democracy, heralding a more autonomous and peaceful twenty-first century.
Author : John A. Wiseman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,81 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Describes and analyses the progress towards the democratization of the political systems of sub-saharan Africa in the period since 1989. It explains why this change occurred, what its effects have been to date, and assesses the prospects for the longer-term consolidation of democracy.
Author : Issa G. Shivji
Publisher : Fahamu/Pambazuka
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 MB
Release : 2009-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 190638746X
Neoliberal policies promised to correct multiple distortions in postcolonial Africa. But democratic politics, land reform, rights and freedom all suffered. Shivji calls for Africa-centred thinking that embraces the continent's right to self-determination.
Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 15,20 MB
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521191122
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of Africa's history of democracy, grappling with important questions facing Africa today.
Author : J. Kraus
Publisher : Springer
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 2007-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 023061003X
In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.
Author : African Association of Political Science
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,70 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780865436374
This book is a study of the issues of democracy and democratization in Africa, with emphasis on the roles of civil society and the state in the democratic transition. After clarifying the meaning of democracy as a universal principle of governance and the applicability of the concept to Africa, the book examines the major problems facing the democratic transition on the continent as a whole.The book contains four studies on the role of civil society organizations in the struggle for democracy and the expansion of the political space: one each on the women's struggle for equality in Botswana and state-civil society relations in Uganda, and two, in French, on the popular struggle for democracy in Zaire.More than half of the contributions to the volume are devoted to a critical assessment of the role the state plays in promoting, undermining, or blocking the democratic transition. There are three case studies on South Africa, four on Nigeria, and one each on Ghana and the Portuguese-speaking countries.The book concludes with two studies on democracy and human rights, with the first looking at the issue in a broad historical and international context, and the second focusing on the gender bias of ombudsman institutions in Africa.
Author : William Beinart
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1868149439
An examination of post-apartheid politics This volume explores some of the key features of popular politics and resistance before and after 1994. It looks at continuities and changes in the forms of struggle and ideologies involved, as well as the significance of post-apartheid grassroots politics. Is this a new form of politics or does it stand as a direct descendent of the insurrectionary impulses of the late apartheid era? Posing questions about continuity and change before and after 1994 raises key issues concerning the nature of power and poverty in the country. Contributors suggest that expressions of popular politics are deeply set within South African political culture and still have the capacity to influence political outcomes. The introduction by William Beinart links the papers together, places them in context of recent literature on popular politics and 'history from below' and summarises their main findings, supporting the argument that popular politics outside of the party system remain significant in South Africa and help influence national politics. The roots of this collection lie in post-graduate student research conducted at the University of Oxford in the early twenty-first century.
Author : Adam Branch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1783600004
From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force for political change is emerging across Africa: popular protest. Widespread urban uprisings by youth, the unemployed, trade unions, activists, writers, artists, and religious groups are challenging injustice and inequality. What is driving this new wave of protest? Is it the key to substantive political change? Drawing on interviews and in-depth analysis, Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly offer a penetrating assessment of contemporary African protests, situating the current popular activism within its historical and regional contexts.
