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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456467203321

Autore

Krieger Milton

Titolo

Cameroon's social democratic front [[electronic resource] ] : its history & prospects as an opposition political party (1990-2011) / / Milton Krieger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, c2008

ISBN

1-283-19803-7

9956-715-73-5

9786613198037

9956-715-85-9

9956-615-70-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

967

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Cameroon Politics and government 1982-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - SDF: "Suffer Don Finish!" or "Suffer Dey (fo') Front!"?; Chapter 2 - The party's roots: the North West Province origin & setting; Chapter 3 - The post-1992 SDF: primal challenge becomes survival struggle; Chapter 4 - Anglophones & Federalism; Chapter 5 - Social Democracy in Africa & the SDF; Chapter 6 - The party's branches: North West Province experience since 1992; Chapter 7 - The SDF's current condition and future prospects; End Notes; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (SDF) was among the watershed challenges c.1990 by sub-Saharan Africa's democratization forces against autocratic regimes, but it crested in 1992 and has subsided since. Yet the party survives, participates in the National Assembly, maintains a grass roots structure, and prepares for a presidential ballot in 2011 that will likely determine its fate. The author conducted research four times in Cameroon, 1989-1999, focusing on the SDF since 1991, and maintains party contacts to the present. The book assesses its history and its prospects, covering the SDF in Af