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Democracy in Africa : successes, failures, and the struggle for political reform / Nic Cheeseman, University of Oxford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheeseman, Nic, 1979- author.
- Series:
- New approaches to African history ; 9.
- New approaches to African history ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Africa--History.
- Democracy.
- Democratization--Africa--History.
- Democratization.
- Elections.
- History.
- Political parties.
- Africa--Politics and government--1960-.
- Africa.
- Politics and government.
- Africa--Politics and government--1945-1960.
- Political parties--Africa--History.
- Elections--Africa--History.
- Political participation--Africa.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 247 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: democratization against the odds
- Fragments of democracy: participation and control in authoritarian Africa
- Cultures of resistance: civil society and the limits of power
- The second liberation: economic decline, the end of the Cold War, and the struggle for democracy
- Exporting elections: international donors and the era of democratic dependency
- Subverting democracy: the advantages of incumbency and the politics of violence
- The democratic dividend: political competition, populism, and public policy
- Conclusion: designing democracy to manage diversity and distrust
- Appendix 1. The fate of Africa's democratic experiments 1989-2014.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781139030892
- 1139030892
- Publisher Number:
- 99982891397
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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