Tatah Mentan

Democracy for Breakfast. Unveiling Mirage Democracy in Contemporary Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

Democracy is the faith that the process of experience is more important than any special result attained, so that special results achieved are of ultimate value only as they are used to enrich and order the ongoing process. Africans must therefore be allowed to apply their cultural and historical experiences and talents in working out a pattern of 'government of the people, by the people, and for the people' according to their own understanding and as their own peculiar circumstances demand. Those who do not want the vertical 'Western-Style Democracy' must be given a fair chance to demonstrate an alternative African horizontal democracy. Perhaps what they come up with might be of benefit to politics even in the West, provided that their radical system of horizontal democracy protects the life, liberty and property of citizens, and provided that the people want it. The question of externally imposed or market-driven multi-party or dual-party or non-party is a matter of modality and should not occupy the center stage in Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Langaa RPCIG
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9789956791279
• ISBN-10: 995679127X
• Artikelnr.: 39685546

Autorenporträt

Tatah Mentan is an Independent Researcher, Member of the Political Commission for Nations and States under colonial rule, pacifist and engaged peace activist. He is a Theodore Lentz Peace and Security Studies Fellow, and Professor of Political Science.