Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda / / David E. Kiwuwa

• Autore: Kiwuwa David
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.967571089
• Soggetto topico: Democratization - Rwanda; Conflict management - Rwanda; Ethnicity - Political aspects - Rwanda; Democratization; Ethnicity - Political aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Rwanda Ethnic relations Political aspects; Rwanda Politics and government
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 of democratic transition in Rwanda shows that the current regime will need to be sensitive to et
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda
• ISBN: 1-283-58696-7; 9786613899415; 0-203-11987-8; 1-136-31756-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827258303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Democratization Studies