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List of contents
1. Political Crisis and Democratic Renewal in Africa. Morris Szeftel. 2. Electoral Systems and Democratization in Africa. Roger Southall. 3. Electoral Corruption and Manipulation in Africa: the Case for International Monitoring. John Daniel and Roger Southall. 4. The 1989 Elections and the Decolonization of Namibia. Lionel Cliffe and Donna Pankhurst. 5. Democratization and the 1991 Elections in Zambia. Carolyn Baylies and Morris Szeftel. 6. Kenya: The Survival of the Old Order. Rok Ajulu. 7. Settling Old Scores: From Authoritarianism to Dependent Democracy in Lesotho. Roger Southall. 8. Blocked Transition in Nigeria: Democracy and the Power of Oligarchy. Chudi Okoye. 9. The Democratic Transition in Malawi: from Single-Party Rule to a Multi-Party State. Diana Cammack. 10. Choosing ‘The Freedom to be Free’: the South African General Elections of 1994. Roger Southall and Morris Szeftel. 11. Conclusion: False Dawn or Democratic Opening? John Daniel and Roger Southall.
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John Daniel, Roger Southall
Summary
First published in 1999, the essays in this book examine the context and conduct of a series of watershed elections held in Anglophone Africa in the first half of the 1990s.
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’...first hand knowledge and long experience of research in Africa have given us a thought provoking book. Voting for Democracy should be recommended reading for current and aspiring politicians in Africa and for those who are in the business of monitoring elections on the continent.’ AfriMedia International ’...provides a well-balanced and intergrated assessment of the prospects for democracy on the African continent...interesting and stimulating reading...’ Democratization
