The Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa (eBook, PDF)

The Continuing Struggle
Redaktion: Esq., John Mukum Mbaku; Ihonvbere, Julius O.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Africa is currently experiencing sociopolitical and economic changes of unprecedented proportions. New leaders, institutions, discourses, and methods of political organization and action are shaping a new future. Through a case-study approach, this essay collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the history, trajectory, actors, institutions, contradictions, failures, and opportunities in contemporary efforts at democratization in Africa. While presenting the dynamics of democracy and democratization in several African countries, they also look at critical issues in Africa's transition projects from political parties and elections through constitutions and constitutionalism to new structures of power and politics. A provocative analysis for scholars, students, researchers, and policy makers involved with African political and economic development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313051500
• Artikelnr.: 72334642

Autorenporträt

JOHN MUKUM MBAKU is Willard L. Eccles Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow at Weber State University. Among his earlier books is Institutions and Reform in Africa: The Public Choice Perspective (Praeger, 1997). JULIUS OMOZUANVBO IHONVBERE is Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgments Acronyms Introduction:
Issues in Africa's Political Adjustment in the "New" Global Era by John
Mukum Mbaku and Julis O. Ihonvbere A Balance Sheet of Africa's Transition
to Democratic Governance by Julius O. Ihonvbere Globalization and
Democratization in Africa: Problems and Prospects by Kelechi A. Kalu
Economic Transformation and Governance in Africa: Strategies for Recovery,
Growth, and Development by George B. N. Ayittey Constitutionalism and the
Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa by John Mukum Mbaku
Constitutions Without Constitutionalism? Toward a New Doctrine of
Democratization in Africa by Julius O. Ihonvbere Keeping the African
Military at Bay: Current Trends in Civil-Military Relations by Pita Ogaba
Agbese Constitutionalism and the African Military: Contemporary
Constitutional Strategies to Domesticate the African Military by Julius O.
Ihonvbere Women and the Democratization Process in Africa by Felix K.
Ekechi The Mass Media and Democratization in Africa: Lessons from Cameroon
by Charles Manga Fombad Political Restructuring, Civil Society, and
Governance in Africa: The Politics of Integrated Rural Development in
Nigeria by Olufemi Vaughan Democracy, Human Rights and Democratization in
Africa by Joseph Takougang Ethnicity and Democratization in Africa by
Eghosa E. Osaghae Property Rights and Environmental Sustainability in
Africa by John Mukum Mbaku Democracy, Public Policy, and the Intervention
Imperative Towards HIV/AIDS in Africa by Kempe Ronald Hope Sr. In Search of
Democratization Middle Grounds: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective by
Eghosa E. Osaghae The Opportunities and Limitations of Opposition Politics
in Africa: The SDF and Opposition Alliances by Julius O. Ihonvbere, John
Mukum Mbaku, and Joseph Takougang Africa in the 21st Century: Globalization
and the Opportunities by Julius O. Ihonvbere and John Mukum Mbaku Selected
Bibliography Index