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Democratization in Africa: Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover)
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Democratization in Africa: Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover)
Series: Democratization Special Issues
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It is two decades since the 'third wave' of democratization began
to roll across sub-Saharan Africa in the early 1990s. This book
provides a very timely investigation into the progress and setbacks
over that period, the challenges that remain and the prospects for
future democratization in Africa. It commences with an overall
assessment of the (lack of) progress made from 1990 to 2010,
exploring positive developments with reasons for caution. Based on
original research, subsequent contributions examine various themes
through country case-studies, inclusive of: the routinisation of
elections, accompanied by democratic rollback and the rise of
hybrid regimes; the tenacity of presidential powers; the dilemmas
of power-sharing; ethnic voting and rise of a violent politics of
belonging; the role of 'donors' and the ambiguities of 'democracy
promotion'. Overall, the book concludes that steps forward remain
greater than reversals and that typically, though not universally,
sub-Saharan African countries are more democratic today than in the
late 1980s. Nonetheless, the book also calls for more meaningful
processes of democratization that aim not only at securing civil
and political rights, but also socio-economic rights and the
physical security of African citizens. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Democratization
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