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The United Nations and Democracy in Africa: Labyrinths of Legitimacy
Contributor(s): Wilson, Zoë (Author)
ISBN: 0415805791     ISBN-13: 9780415805797
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $25.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - General
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy
- Political Science | International Relations - General
Dewey: 341.236
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 266 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
 
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This book explores UN bureaucracy and the development dysfunction it sows in four 'most different' African countries: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Tanzania. Wilson's original purpose for researching this book was to uncover new solutions to some of the United Nations' most vexing implementation problems. Yet, as research unfolded, it became clear that the reasons for those problems lay tangled up in bureaucratic and philosophical quagmires of a much more fundamental nature. The United Nations and Democracy in Africa is the documentation not only of these bureaucratic and philosophical absurdities that find expression through development practice, but also the journey of the author from ardent defender of the UN to profound sceptic.