Closing the Circle: Democratization and Development in AfricaWe all know that many African countries face political tyranny, failed capitalist development, and violent domestic conflict. What is less clear is what relationship may exist between effective democratic institutions and the solution of the last two problems. Richard Sandbrook draws on the experience with democratisation of a carefully selected sample of countries: Ghana, Mali and Niger in West Africa; Zambia, Tanzania and Madagascar in East Africa; and Sudan. He illustrates the diversity of African experiences of the transition to democratic political forms and the complex relationships between democratic institutions and economic reform and social order. He concludes that the ultimate value of democratic institutions lies in whether they lead to economic progress and social justice and peace. |
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... labor aristocracy ; elabo- rate and punctilious legal systems on the Western model may seem to be extravagant anachronisms ; and so forth . Yet in the 1980s a major shift occurred in development thinking with respect to both the proper ...
... labor aristocracy ; elabo- rate and punctilious legal systems on the Western model may seem to be extravagant anachronisms ; and so forth . Yet in the 1980s a major shift occurred in development thinking with respect to both the proper ...
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... labor and fixed capital " ( Weber 1968 : 1091 and , more generally , 1091-99 ) . This result occurs for various reasons , 14 but principally owing to its arbitrariness and exploitation by political insiders of state - supported ...
... labor and fixed capital " ( Weber 1968 : 1091 and , more generally , 1091-99 ) . This result occurs for various reasons , 14 but principally owing to its arbitrariness and exploitation by political insiders of state - supported ...
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... Labor Reserve in Southern Africa . Boulder , Col .: Westview Press . Peter , C.M. 1997. " Incarcerating the Innocent : Preventive Detention in Tanzania . " Human Rights Quarterly 19 : 113-35 . Polanyi , Karl . 1944. The Great ...
... Labor Reserve in Southern Africa . Boulder , Col .: Westview Press . Peter , C.M. 1997. " Incarcerating the Innocent : Preventive Detention in Tanzania . " Human Rights Quarterly 19 : 113-35 . Polanyi , Karl . 1944. The Great ...
Contents
The Real World of African Democracy | 23 |
Democratization and Deadly Conflict | 49 |
Democratization and Market Reforms | 75 |
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