Political liberalization and democratization in Africa
Subtitle: lessons from country experiences
By: edited by Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere and John Mukum Mbaku.
Contributors: Ihonvbere, Julius Omozuanvbo.; Mbaku, John Mukum, 1950-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Democratization -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: Establishing generalities and specificities in Africa's struggle for democracy and development / Julius O. Ihonvbere and John Mukum Mbaku; title: Transition to democratic governance in Africa : learning from past failures / John Mukum Mbaku; title: Dismantling a discredited one-party regime : populism and political liberalization in Zambia / Julius O. Ihonvbere; title: Problematizing a transition : the power elite, the state, and transition politics in Cameroon / Nantang Jua; title: Planned and unplanned outcomes : uneven and unsteady pathways to democratization in Nigeria / Victor Adefemi Isumonah; title: The state and the politics of democratic consolidation in Benin, 1990-1999 / 'Kunle Amuwo; title: The military and the 'democratization' in The Gambia : 1994-2002 / Abdoulaye S. Saine; title: Unsteady steps and uncertain politics : political democratization in post-civil war Liberia / George Klay Kieh Jr.; title: Between dictatorship and democracy : a critical evaluation of Kabila's 'revolution' in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Osita G. Afoaku; title: Overcoming a one-man dictatorship : political liberalization and democratization in Malawi / Julius O. Ihonvbere; title: The contested state of democracy in South Africa / Roger Southall; title: Eritrea's aborted democratization / Kidane Mengisteab; title: Land reform and Zimbabwe's troubled transition to democratic governance / Sam Moyo.