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Breakdown and Reconstitution analyzes the interplay between
democratization, nation-state building, and ethnicity in Nigeria as
well as the challenges of transforming a post-colonial multiethnic
state into a stable democracy. This work draws attention to the
intrinsic relation between the breakdown of quasi-democracy and the
reconstitution of a more inclusive democracy and nation-state.
Breakdown and Reconstitution is an essential source for scholars of
politics in Africa.
Breakdown and Reconstitution analyzes the interplay between
democratization, nation-state building, and ethnicity in Nigeria as
well as the challenges of transforming a post-colonial multiethnic
state into a stable democracy. This work draws attention to the
intrinsic relation between the breakdown of quasi-democracy and the
reconstitution of a more inclusive democracy and nation-state.
Breakdown and Reconstitution is an essential source for scholars of
politics in Africa.
The end of the Cold War was to usher in an era of peace based on
flourishing democracies and free market economies worldwide.
Instead, new wars, including the war on terrorism, have threatened
international, regional, and individual security and sparked a
major refugee crisis. This volume of essays on international
humanitarian interventions focuses on what interests are promoted
through these interventions and how efforts to build liberal
democracies are carried out in failing states. Focusing on Africa,
the Middle East, and Europe, an international group of contributors
shows that best practices of protection and international
state-building have not been applied uniformly. Together the essays
provide a theoretical and empirical critique of global liberal
governance and, as they note challenges to regional and
international cooperation, they reveal that global liberal
governance may threaten fragile governments and endanger human
security at all levels.
Since gaining independence from colonial rule, most African
countries have been struggling to build democratic and peaceful
states. While African multiparty politics may be viewed as a
democratic system of governance, in reality it is plagued by ethnic
and regional political grievances that undermine meaningful
democracy. By examining post-conflict institutional reforms in
several African countries, this book sheds light on the common
causes of violent conflicts and how institutional design can affect
the conditions for peace and democracy in Africa. Focussing on
conceptual and practical questions of designing ethnically and
regionally inclusive state institutions and the way institutions
are perceived by the citizenry Post-Conflict Institutional Design
addresses political autonomy and control over resources, issues
which are often key sources of ethnic and regional grievances.
Crucially, it examines the meanings of institutional reforms as
well ethnic and regional representation.
The end of the Cold War was to usher in an era of peace based on
flourishing democracies and free market economies worldwide.
Instead, new wars, including the war on terrorism, have threatened
international, regional, and individual security and sparked a
major refugee crisis. This volume of essays on international
humanitarian interventions focuses on what interests are promoted
through these interventions and how efforts to build liberal
democracies are carried out in failing states. Focusing on Africa,
the Middle East, and Europe, an international group of contributors
shows that best practices of protection and international
state-building have not been applied uniformly. Together the essays
provide a theoretical and empirical critique of global liberal
governance and, as they note challenges to regional and
international cooperation, they reveal that global liberal
governance may threaten fragile governments and endanger human
security at all levels.
Since gaining independence from colonial rule, most African
countries have been struggling to build democratic and peaceful
states. While African multiparty politics may be viewed as a
democratic system of governance, in reality it is plagued by ethnic
and regional political grievances that undermine meaningful
democracy. By examining post-conflict institutional reforms in
several African countries, this book sheds light on the common
causes of violent conflicts and how institutional design can affect
the conditions for peace and democracy in Africa. Focussing on
conceptual and practical questions of designing ethnically and
regionally inclusive state institutions and the way institutions
are perceived by the citizenry Post-Conflict Institutional Design
addresses political autonomy and control over resources, issues
which are often key sources of ethnic and regional grievances.
Crucially, it examines the meanings of institutional reforms as
well ethnic and regional representation.
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