Turning points in African democracy / / edited by Abdul Raufu Mustapha & Lindsay Whitfield

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911008973103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-78204-155-9; 1-282-98821-2; 9786612988219; 1-84615-773-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: MI 10086
• Disciplina: 321.80967
• Soggetti: Decentralization in government - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Democratization - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government 1960- Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: African democratisation : the journey so far / Abdul Raufu Mustapha & Lindsay Whitfield -- Senegal since 2000 : rebuilding hegemony in a global age / Tarik Dahou & Vincent Foucher -- Côte d'Ivoire since 1993 : the risky reinvention of a nation / Francis Akindès -- Ghana since 1993 : a successful democratic experiment? / Lindsay Whitfield -- Nigeria since 1999 : a revolving door syndrome or the consolidation of democracy? / Abdul Raufu Mustapha -- Kenya since 2002 : the more things change the more they stay the same / Nic Cheeseman -- Zambia since 1990 : paradoxes of democratic transition / Miles Larmer -- South Africa since 1994 : who holds power after apartheid? / Jeremy Seekings -- Mozambique since 1989 : shaping democracy after socialism / Eric Morier-Genoud -- Rwanda & Burundi since 1994 : an end to the discriminatory state? / Patricia Daley -- Zimbabwe since 1997 : land & the legacies of war / Jocelyn Alexander -- Conclusion : the politics of African states in the era of democratisation / Lindsay Whitfield & Abdul Raufu Mustapha.
• Sommario/riassunto: Radical changes have taken place in Africa since 1990. What are the ; realities of these changes? What significant differences have emerged between African countries? What is the future for democracy in the continent? The editors have chosen eleven key countries to provide enlightening comparisons and contrasts to stimulate discussion among students. They have brought together a team of scholars who are actively working in the changing Africa of today. Each chapter is structured around a framing event which defines the experience of democratisation. The editors have provided an overview of the turning points in African politics. They engage with debates on how to study and evaluate democracy in Africa, such as the limits of elections. They identify four major themes with which to examine similarities and divergences as well as to explain change and continuity in what happened in the past. ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA is University Lecturer in African Politics at Queen Elizabeth House and Kirk-Greene Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; LINDSAY WHITFIELD is a Research Fellow at the Danish Institute of International Studies, Copenhagen.