State, Land and Democracy in Southern Af
β Arrigo Pallotti; Corrado Tornimbeni
π Library
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2016
π Routledge
π English
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State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa
β Scribed by Richard Joseph (editor)
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- Lynne Rienner Publishers
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- 2023
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- English
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- 540
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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.
β¦ Table of Contents
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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