Democracy Works - Re-Wiring Politics to Africa's Advantage

Distinguished politicians and scholars advocate the need for a 'democratic playbook' robust enough to withstand threats to free and fair elections in Africa.

About the author

Greg Mills directs the Brenthurst Foundation. Olusegun Obasanjo was President of Nigeria (1999-2007) and Chairperson of the African Union (2004-2006). Tendai Biti is a constitutional lawyer, human rights activist, and former Zimbabwe finance minister. Jeffrey Herbst is President of the American Jewish University, Los Angeles. A political scientist, Professor Herbst taught at Princeton University for eighteen years and is the author of States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control and many other books and articles. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Board of Freedom House, he has served on the advisory board of The Brenthurst Foundation since 2005.

Product details

• Authors: Tendai Biti, Biti Tendai, Jeffrey Herbst, Greg Mills, Mills Greg, Olusegun Obasanjo, Obasanjo Olusegun
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781787381452
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-145-2
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political structures: democracy, African History, Political structures / systems: democracy