| Political Reform In Francophone Africa Contributor(s): Clark, John F. (Author), Gardinier, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813327865 ISBN-13: 9780813327860 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: 'The historical particularity of the Francophone African experience has been in no way diminished by the events of the 1990s. This book will be of interest t all scholars interested in the comparative study of the multifaceted processes of political change in Africa indeed globally in the 1990s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | World - African |
| Dewey: 320.966 |
| LCCN: 96038176 |
| Lexile Measure: 1620 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.91" W x 8.97" (0.99 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most African states experienced only a few fleeting years of democratic rule after independence before succumbing to authoritarianism. During the 1970s and 1980s, Africans and Westerners alike came to view dictatorship to be as much a part of the region's social landscape as its grinding poverty. Yet the end of the Cold War and the sharpening of the economic crisis at the end of the 1980s have breathed new life into campaigns for democracy in Africa, shaking the foundations of many long-standing autocracies. In some cases, dramatic transitions took place, though the fate of the new democracies is far from certain. This volume explores the origins and evolution of political reform movements in several states of francophone Africa. The authors first make the case for the distinctiveness of francophone Africa, based on the influences of colonial history, language, and France's contemporary role in Africa, then survey the challenges of reform, including the problems of transition from authoritarianism and consolidation of democratic regimes. Case studies of thirteen former French and Belgian colonies follow, organized by level of reform achieved: peaceful regime change, incremental reforms, repressed reform efforts, and reform in the midst of war. |
