Africa Beyond Liberal Democracy
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Africa Beyond Liberal Democracy
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Author : Reginald M.J. Oduor
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-06-21
Africa Beyond Liberal Democracy written by Reginald M.J. Oduor and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-21 with Philosophy categories.
A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Africa beyond Liberal Democracy: In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century explores possible future trajectories of democratization on the continent. At the dawn of political independence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many countries in Africa set out with liberal democratic constitutions. However, these were quickly dismantled by civilian regimes that turned their countries into one-party autocracies, or by military coups that set aside the constitutions altogether. The 1990s saw an attempt at reverting to competitive multi-party politics through the so-called second-generation constitutions, but these are again being dismantled by civilian autocracies and military juntas. In this collection, edited by Reginald M. J. Oduor, African and Africanist scholars examine the view that what has failed in Africa is liberal democracy rather than democracy as such, because liberal democracy arose in an individualist socio-political Western context that is significantly different from the communalist milieu of African societies. The contributors, from a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, andbased in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, India, Sweden, and Finland, present a range of perspectives on possible directions for context-relevant models of democracy in the various countries of Africa in the twenty-first century.
African Politics
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Author : Joelien Pretorius
language : en
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Release Date : 2008
African Politics written by Joelien Pretorius and has been published by Juta and Company Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
In 1991 Samuel Huntington published "The Third Wave: Democratisation in the Late Twentieth Century". The book informed much of the scholarly work on democratisation in Africa. Although comprehensive in classifying the causes and limitations of transitions to democracy, "The Third Wave" was also limited in its definition of democracy and expectations of a new democracy. This volume engages with the topics of democracy and democratisation in contemporary African politics at the local, national and continental level. It acknowledges a conceptual debt to Huntington when discussing elections, party systems, leadership and the development of continental norms of liberal democracy, but also highlights new conversations (eg: about participatory spaces) that go beyond the Third Wave.
Democracy In Africa
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Author : Roger Southall
language : en
Publisher: HSRC Press
Release Date : 2003
Democracy In Africa written by Roger Southall and has been published by HSRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Democracy categories.
The two papers included in this analysis examine the political and socioeconomic factors that contribute to and constrain upon democratization throughout southern Africa and the African continent. With an emphasis on the policies of government, business, and civil society geared toward reducing inequality and poverty, these studies promote community empowerment as a way to promote local, regional, and national sustainable development on the African continent.
Held Together By Pins
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Author : Tatah Mentan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Held Together By Pins written by Tatah Mentan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Democracy categories.
Once again, Africa is veering towards a precipice. The much-vaunted “African renaissance,” a three-way equation of a flowering of liberal democracy, culture, and economic growth appears to be in tatters. Instead, sagging economic performance, backsliding on liberal democracy and other human rights reforms, and increased national and regional tensions menace much of the continent. With globalization and the increased power of market forces to propel change, financial and commodity volatility have emerged as critical elements that African governments have had to factor into political calculations. As political legitimacy began to be tied directly to economic success, the fallout from the continent's economic crisis appears to translate into political fragility. With sagging economic performance, political leaders are confronted by a force beyond their control, a power more radically unyielding than the domestic political opponents they had grown used to controlling by a combination of brute force, favoritism, or political manipulation rather than continue to pursue the uncertain path of liberal democracy. Hence, liberal democracy is under siege in Africa. This book is a must read for scholars and students of democracy in underdeveloped societies rattled by political and economic earthquakes engendered by the rampaging forces of corporate capitalism. It would be particularly useful for its incisive deconstruction of government-sponsored “alternative” democratic frameworks and the political calculations at their heart. (Publisher)
Democracy In Africa
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Author : Roger Southall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Democracy In Africa written by Roger Southall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Democracy categories.
Democracy As Death
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Author : Jason Hickel
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2015-02-25
Democracy As Death written by Jason Hickel and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-25 with Social Science categories.
The revolution that brought the African National Congress (ANC) to power in South Africa was fractured by internal conflict. Migrant workers from rural Zululand rejected many of the egalitarian values and policies fundamental to the ANC’s liberal democratic platform and organized themselves in an attempt to sabotage the movement. This anti-democracy stance, which persists today as a direct critique of “freedom” in neoliberal South Africa, hinges on an idealized vision of the rural home and a hierarchical social order crafted in part by the technologies of colonial governance over the past century. In analyzing this conflict, Jason Hickel contributes to broad theoretical debates about liberalism and democratization in the postcolonial world. Democracy as Death interrogates the Western ideals of individual freedom and agency from the perspective of those who oppose such ideals, and questions the assumptions underpinning theories of anti-liberal movements. The book argues that both democracy and the political science that attempts to explain resistance to it presuppose a model of personhood native to Western capitalism, which may not operate cross-culturally.
Critical Perspectives On African Politics
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Author : Clive Gabay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-09
Critical Perspectives On African Politics written by Clive Gabay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-09 with Political Science categories.
Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly hailed as the twin drivers of a ‘rising Africa’. Current attempts to support growth and democracy are part of a longer history of promoting projects of disciplinary, regulatory and liberal rule and values beyond ‘the West’. Yet this is not simply Western domination of a passive continent. Such an interpretation misses out on the complexities and nuances of the politics of state-building and civil society promotion, and the central role of African agency. Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa. It seeks to develop a theoretically informed critical approach to discourses and interventions such as those associated with broadly ‘Western’ initiatives in Africa. In doing so, the book highlights the power relations, inequalities, coercion and violence that are deeply implicated within contemporary international interventions on the African continent. Providing a range of empirical cases and theoretical approaches, the chapters are united by their critical treatment of political dynamics in Africa. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics, development studies, postcolonial theory, International Relations, international political economy and peacekeeping/making.
Beyond Liberal Order
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Author : Harry Verhoeven
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-01
Beyond Liberal Order written by Harry Verhoeven and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-01 with Political Science categories.
What does liberal order actually amount to outside the West, where it has been most institutionalised? Contrary to the Atlantic or Pacific, liberal hegemony is thin in the Indian Ocean World; there are no equivalents of NATO, the EU or the US-Japan defence relationship. Yet what this book calls the 'Global Indian Ocean' was the beating heart of earlier epochs of globalisation, where experiments in international order, market integration and cosmopolitanisms were pioneered. Moreover, it is in this macro-region that today's challenges will face their defining hour: climate change, pandemics, and the geopolitical contest pitting China and Pakistan against the USA and India. The Global Indian Ocean states represent the greatest range of political systems and ideologies in any region, from Hindu-nationalist India and nascent democracy in Indonesia and South Africa, to the Gulf's mixture of tribal monarchy and high modernism. These essays by leading scholars examine key aspects of political order, and their roots in the colonial and pre-colonial past, through the lenses of state-building, nationalism, international security, religious identity and economic development. The emergent lessons are of great importance for the world, as the 'global' liberal order fades and new alternatives struggle to be born.
Compatible Cultural Democracy
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Author : Daniel T. Osabu-Kle
language : en
Publisher: Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Release Date : 2000-03
Compatible Cultural Democracy written by Daniel T. Osabu-Kle and has been published by Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03 with Business & Economics categories.
Introduction : variants of democratic practice -- The great transplantation -- The post-independence problem -- Typical African political systems -- Towards the modification of African political culture -- Ghana : tactical action, socialism and the military -- Nigeria : oil, coups, and ethnic war -- Kenya : settler ideology and the struggle for Majimbo -- Tanzania : Ujamaa, compulsion, and the freedom of association -- Somalia : experiments with democracy, military rule, and socialism -- Senegal : from French colonialism to the failure of partisan politics -- Rwanda : from success astroy to human disaster -- Congo (Kinshasa) : "a most lethal poison."
The State Of Liberal Democracy In Africa
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Author : Tony Leon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The State Of Liberal Democracy In Africa written by Tony Leon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Africa, Sub-Saharan categories.