Nic Cheeseman: Democracy in Africa

Cover: 9780521138420 | Democracy in Africa | Nic Cheeseman | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2016

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Beschreibung

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design political systems that manage ethnic diversity, and why democratic governments often make bad policy decisions. Beginning in the colonial period with the introduction of multi-party elections and ending in 2013 with the collapse of democracy in Mali and South Sudan, the book describes the rise of authoritarian states in the 1970s; the attempts of trade unions and some religious groups to check the abuse of power in the 1980s; the remarkable return of multiparty politics in the 1990s; and finally, the tragic tendency for elections to exacerbate corruption and violence.

Über den Autor

Nic Cheeseman is Associate Professor of African Politics of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. He is the coeditor of the collections Our Turn to Eat (2010) and The Handbook of African Politics (2013). He is also the editor of the journal African Affairs, a member of the advisory board of the UNICEF Chair on Communication Research (Africa) and an advisor to, and writer for, Kofi Annan's African Progress Panel.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Fragments of democracy; 2. Cultures of resistance; 3. The second liberation; 4. Exporting elections; 5. Subverting democracy; 6. The democratic dividend; Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521138420
ISBN-10:	0521138426
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cheeseman, Nic
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Nic Cheeseman
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.02.2016
Gewicht:	0,393 kg