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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791420003321

Autore

Mentan Tatah <1948->

Titolo

Democratizing or reconfiguring predatory autocracy? [[electronic resource] ] : myths and realities in Africa today / / Tatah Mentan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009

ISBN

1-283-19794-4

9786613197948

9956-715-51-4

9956-715-63-8

9956-615-27-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Disciplina

320.46

Soggetti

Democracy - Africa - 20th century

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Africa History 1960-

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 (p. [75]-78).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Democracy: Why Myths and Realities in Africa?; Chapter Three - Why is Democracy a Contested Global Construct Today?; Chapter Four - Analytical Framework; Chapter Five - Democracy in Africa Today: A Historical Overview; Chapter Six - Pluralist Elections and Ideological Complementarity; Chapter Seven - Neoliberalism, Stagnation and Killing of Democracy; Chapter Eight - Essential Elements of Democracy; Chapter Nine - Political Legitimacy and Democratic Culture

Chapter Ten - Summary and Conclusion Chapter Eleven - Towards Social Democracy in Africa; References; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The celebrations that heralded democratic change in the 1990's in Africa have gradually faded into muffled cries of anger and attendant violence of despair. Almost everywhere on the continent so-called democratic leaders are openly subverting the people's will and disregarding national constitutions. Ordinary people find themselves



removed from the centres of power, marginalized and reduced to helpless and hopeless onlookers as political leaders, their friends and families noisily enjoy the spoils of impunity. From Nigeria to Zimbabwe, Kenya to the Ivory Coast and Uganda to Cameroon, the writing...