| Turning Points in African Democracy Contributor(s): Mustapha, Abdul Raufu (Editor), Whitfield, Lindsay (Author), Mustapha, Abdul Raufu (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1847013171 ISBN-13: 9781847013170 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Africa. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | African |
| Dewey: 321.809 |
| LCCN: 2009502191 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 andevaluate 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. |