Democratic Experiments in Africa - POD TITLE

Klappentext This study constitutes the first comprehensive analysis of democratic transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Zusammenfassung This study constitutes the first comprehensive analysis of democratic transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Michael Bratton and Nicholas van de Walle explain why a wave of political liberalization occurred between 1989 and 1994 and discuss the long-term prospects for democracy in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Approaches to democratization; 2. Neopatrimonial rule in Africa; 3. Africa's divergent transitions, 1990-1994; 4. Explaining political protest; 5. Explaining political liberalization; 6. Explaining democratic transitions; 7. The prospects for democracy; Conclusion: comparative implications.

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• Authors: Michael Bratton, Michael (Michigan State University) Bratton, Michael Walle Bratton, Nicolas van de Walle, Nicholas van de Walle, Nicholas van de (Michigan State University) Walle
• Assisted by: Peter Lange (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.1997
• EAN: 9780521556125
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55612-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education