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State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa / ed. by Richard Joseph.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (532 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781555877996
  • 9781685851828
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I Overview -- 1 State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa -- 2 The Third Wave of Democratization in Africa: Ambiguities and Contradictions -- 3 Rethinking Democratic Transitions: Lessons from Eastern and Southern Africa -- 4 The Reconfiguration of Power in Late Twentieth-Century Africa -- PART 2 The Political Economy of Democratization -- 5 The Economic Bases of Democratization -- 6 Globalization and African Democracy -- 7 Crisis Management and the Making of "Choiceless Democracies" -- 8 The "Mauritius Miracle": Democracy, Institutions, and Economic Policy -- PART 3 Political Restructuring and Regime Politics -- 9 African Polities: The Next Generation -- 10 Governance and the Reconstitution of Political Order -- 11 Senegal's Enlarged Presidential Majority: Deepening Democracy or Detour? -- 12 Testing Democracy in Benin: Experiments in Institutional Reform -- 13 Race, Class, and Neopatrimonialism in Zimbabwe -- 14 The Role of Citizenship Laws in Multiethnic Societies: Evidence from Africa -- 15 Local Governance, Democracy, and Development -- PART 4 Ethnicity, Conflict, and Insecurity -- 16 Ethnic Politics in Africa: Change and Continuity -- 17 Ethnic Insecurity, Peace Agreements, and State Building -- 18 State, Civil Society, and Genocide in Rwanda -- 19 Autocracy, Violence, and Ethnomilitary Rule in Nigeria -- PART 5 Elections and Democratization -- 20 A First Look at Second Elections in Africa, with Illustrations from Zambia -- 21 Ghana: The Challenges of Consolidating Democracy -- 22 Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in Namibia -- PART 6 Conclusion -- 23 State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa: The Complex Process of Renewal -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE BOOK
Summary: This seminal volume explores the most important dimensions of state formation and erosion, social conflict, and the gains and setbacks in democratization in contemporary Africa. The results of nearly a decade of research, reflection, and collegial interaction, the collection delineates the dominant patterns of political restructuring since the upheavals of the early 1990s.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I Overview -- 1 State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa -- 2 The Third Wave of Democratization in Africa: Ambiguities and Contradictions -- 3 Rethinking Democratic Transitions: Lessons from Eastern and Southern Africa -- 4 The Reconfiguration of Power in Late Twentieth-Century Africa -- PART 2 The Political Economy of Democratization -- 5 The Economic Bases of Democratization -- 6 Globalization and African Democracy -- 7 Crisis Management and the Making of "Choiceless Democracies" -- 8 The "Mauritius Miracle": Democracy, Institutions, and Economic Policy -- PART 3 Political Restructuring and Regime Politics -- 9 African Polities: The Next Generation -- 10 Governance and the Reconstitution of Political Order -- 11 Senegal's Enlarged Presidential Majority: Deepening Democracy or Detour? -- 12 Testing Democracy in Benin: Experiments in Institutional Reform -- 13 Race, Class, and Neopatrimonialism in Zimbabwe -- 14 The Role of Citizenship Laws in Multiethnic Societies: Evidence from Africa -- 15 Local Governance, Democracy, and Development -- PART 4 Ethnicity, Conflict, and Insecurity -- 16 Ethnic Politics in Africa: Change and Continuity -- 17 Ethnic Insecurity, Peace Agreements, and State Building -- 18 State, Civil Society, and Genocide in Rwanda -- 19 Autocracy, Violence, and Ethnomilitary Rule in Nigeria -- PART 5 Elections and Democratization -- 20 A First Look at Second Elections in Africa, with Illustrations from Zambia -- 21 Ghana: The Challenges of Consolidating Democracy -- 22 Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in Namibia -- PART 6 Conclusion -- 23 State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa: The Complex Process of Renewal -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE BOOK

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This seminal volume explores the most important dimensions of state formation and erosion, social conflict, and the gains and setbacks in democratization in contemporary Africa. The results of nearly a decade of research, reflection, and collegial interaction, the collection delineates the dominant patterns of political restructuring since the upheavals of the early 1990s.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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