Democratization in Africa - The Theory and Dynamics of Political Transitions

List of contents

Introduction: Democratization as a Transitional Stage
Explaining Democratization: An Alternative to Existing Conceptualizations
Institutional Structures and Modern Authoritarianism
Independence and the Legitimazation of Authoritarian Rule
Political Insecurity and the Power Politics Problem
The Ethnopolitical-Democratization Conflict Nexus
Military Corporate Interests and Democratization
External Imperatives: International Donors and Democratization
Conclusion
Index

About the author

EARL CONTEH-MORGAN is Associate Professor in the department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is the author of two previous books, Japan and the Global Agenda (1992) and American Foreign Aid and Global Power Projection (1990).

Product details

• Authors: Earl Conteh-Morgan, Conteh-Morgan Earl
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.1997
• EAN: 9780275957803
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95780-3
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Political structures: democracy, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics