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A decade of democracy in Africa / edited by Stephen N. Ndegwa.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 81.
- International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 81
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Africa.
- Democracy.
- Democratization--Africa.
- Democratization.
- Civil society--Africa.
- Civil society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The democratic experiment in Africa has had a chequered history over the 1990's. Authors in this volume argue that African civil society is less likely to support democracy, they measure African democracy by the women's rights movements and unravel the mythical hope of technology.
- Contents:
- Contents; A Decade of Democracy in Africa; Civil Society in Africa or African Civil Society?; Women's Rights Movements as a Measure of African Democracy; Ideology, Political Education, and South Africa's Transition from Apartheid; Gender, Development, and Democratization in Africa; Popular Definitions of Democracy from Uganda, Madagascar, and Florida, U.S.A.; Information Technology and Democratic Participation in Africa; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46487-9
- 9786610464876
- 1-4175-0721-7
- 90-474-0104-2
- OCLC:
- 666960120
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