Democracy and Democratization in Africa : : Towards the 21st Century / / edited by E.Ike Udogu.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 64
• TeilnehmendeR: Udogu, E.Ike,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 64.; International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The 9 contributors to this volume are Africanists whose comprehension of the political "vernacular" of Africa helped to sharpen their analyses of a continent on the eve of a new millennium and in the aftermath of the Cold War. The debate over the most relevant political models for African countries has till recently been conducted against a backdrop of the competing claims of socialism and capitalism. Attempts to consolidate democracy and constitutional have taken place in the shadow of intractable economic problems, prompting the question of whether democracy can survive in Africa without economic prosperity. The papers published here address many of these problems, as well as dealing with the questions of ethnicity, leadership, the power of the military, and prodemocracy movements within African nation states.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Editor: E. Ike Udogu -- Introduction / E. Ike Udogu -- Incomplete Metamorphic Democracy as a Conceptual Framework in the Analysis of African Politics / E. Ike Udogu -- Democracy and Economic Reforms / Ufo Okeke Uzodike -- Effective Constitutional Discourse as an Important First Step to Democratization in Africa / John Mukum Mbaku -- The 1992 Multiparty Elections in Cameroon / Joseph Takougang -- The Impact of Leadership Instability on Democratic Process in Nigeria / Bennett Ade Odunsi -- The Military as an Obstacle to the Democratization Enterprise / Pita Ogaba Agbese -- Democratization and Peace in Africa / George Klay Kieh Jr. -- Critical Notes on Political Liberalization in Africa / Julius E. Nyang'Oro -- On the Threshold of Another False Start? / Julius O. Ihonvbere -- Contributors / Editor: E. Ike Udogu -- Index / Editor: E. Ike Udogu -- Errata / Editor: E. Ike Udogu.