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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827422403321

Titolo

A decade of democracy in Africa / / edited by Stephen N. Ndegwa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001

ISBN

1-280-46487-9

9786610464876

1-4175-0721-7

90-474-0104-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Collana

International studies in sociology and social anthropology, , 0074-8684 ; ; v. 81

Altri autori (Persone)

NdegwaStephen N

Disciplina

320.96

Soggetti

Democracy - Africa

Democratization - Africa

Civil society - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Decade of Democracy in Africa; Civil Society in Africa or African Civil Society?; Women's Rights Movements as a Measure of African Democracy; Ideology, Political Education, and South Africa's Transition from Apartheid; Gender, Development, and Democratization in Africa; Popular Definitions of Democracy from Uganda, Madagascar, and Florida, U.S.A.; Information Technology and Democratic Participation in Africa; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The democratic experiment in Africa has had a chequered history over the 1990's. Authors in this volume argue that African civil society is less likely to support democracy, they measure African democracy by the women's rights movements and unravel the mythical hope of technology.