Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda / / David E. Kiwuwa
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| Autore: |
Kiwuwa David
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| Titolo: |
Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda / / David E. Kiwuwa
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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.: | 9910969963103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Democratization Studies