TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abrams,Elliott
AU  - Amissah,Austin
AU  - Ayoade,John A.A.
AU  - Baker,Pauline H.
AU  - Diagne,Pathé
AU  - Harbeson,John W.
AU  - Kaba,Lansine
AU  - Kabongo,Ilunga
AU  - Khalif Galaydh,Ali
AU  - Legum,Colin
AU  - Magang,David N.
AU  - Malwal,Bona
AU  - Nicol,Davidson
AU  - Olorunsola,Victor A.
AU  - Ronen,Dov
AU  - Sklar,Richard L.
AU  - Skurnik,W.A.E.
AU  - Tubman,Winston B.
TI  - Democracy and Pluralism in Africa
SN  - 9780931477652
U1  - 320.96 22/eng/20230216
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Boulder : 
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers, 
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; 1 The Challenges of Democracy in Africa: Some Introductory Observations --; Part 1 Theory and Concepts --; 2 Constitutions and Constitutionalism in Africa: A Tentative Theoretical Exploration --; 3 The African Search for Democracy: Hopes and Reality --; 4 Democracy in Africa: Hopes and Prospects --; 5 Constitutionalism and Law in Africa --; 6 Reflections on the Economic Correlates of African Democracy --; 7 Pluralism and Democracy --; 8 Pluralism and Plurality in Africa --; 9 The African System of Pluralism --; Part 2 Practice and Problems --; 10 Power and Democracy in African Tradition: The Case of Songhay, 1464-1591 --; 11 Democracy in the African Tradition: The Case of Botswana --; 12 Pluralism, Constitutionalism, and Law in Africa: A Liberian View --; 13 Questions on Constitutionalism and Democracy: Nigeria and Africa --; 14 Democratic Practice and Breakdown in Somalia --; Part 3 Prospects --; 15 Reds and Rights: Zimbabwe's Experiment --; 16 Press Freedom in Africa: From Pessimism to Optimism --; 17 African Pluralism and Democracy --; 18 Democracy in Africa: Hopes and Trends --; 19 The State and Democracy in Africa --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Examines the nature of democracy in African tradition, the role of constitutionalism and law, the implications of cultural and ethnic diversity, and the relation of African democracy and political organization to democracy and ideology elsewhere in the world
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685859053
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685859053
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685859053/original
ER  -