| African Democracies And African Politics Contributor(s): Salih, M. A. Mohamed (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745317243 ISBN-13: 9780745317243 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Challenging orthodox views on contemporary African politics and democracy, M.A. Mohamed Salih offers a fresh approach to the topic, emphasizing the role of ethnicity and religion, in particular that of minorities. His central theme is that government donors from Western nations have imposed Western style democracy in Africa, ignoring the indigenous politics of the region, often resulting in chaos. As a consequence many African societies are divided by ethnicity.Revealing how minorities are inevitably marginalized in all aspects of development and education, Salih shows how, in many instances, they are treated as enemies of the state, as are the opposition parties. He examines democracy and authoritarian development in a pan-African context and the democratic potential of political education, and provides a range of country-specific case-studies, including multiparty democracy in Sudan; democratizing anarchy in Sierra Leone; religious violence in Obassango's Nigeria and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - History | Africa - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 320.96 |
| LCCN: 00012647 |
| Series: Ossrea |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.26" W x 8.68" (0.78 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An eloquent, accessible and above all, ambitious study of democracy across the continent of Africa' - The European Journal of Developmental Research 'This well-informed study starts from the premise that Western-style democracy has never been appropriate in Africa and is unlikely to catch on anytime soon' - Foreign Affairs |