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UNINA9910827258303321 |
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Autore |
Kiwuwa David |
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Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda / / David E. Kiwuwa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-58696-7 |
9786613899415 |
0-203-11987-8 |
1-136-31756-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Democratization studies ; ; 21 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Democratization - Rwanda |
Conflict management - Rwanda |
Ethnicity - Political aspects - Rwanda |
Democratization |
Ethnicity - Political aspects |
Rwanda Ethnic relations Political aspects |
Rwanda Politics and government |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-198) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- A general theoretical analysis: ethnicity (ethnopolitics) and democratic transition -- The fallacy of existing transition models: consociationalism revisited -- Rwanda: the pre-colonial and colonial background -- The first republic (1959-1973) -- When democratic transition killed -- Slouching towards democratic transition -- Crowning the transition? the 2003 legislative and presidential elections -- conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers an examination of how a deeply divided post-conflict society embarks on democratic transition. Using Rwanda as the case study, it combines analysis of democratic transition and ethnopolitical debate, asking why deeply divided ethnic societies have a tendency to fail.Though marginalised in existing literature on democratic transition, this path-breaking book shows how ethnicity has a significant impact on the direction and success of democratic process. The initial failure |
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