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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... Journalists and the press were unimpeded in reporting the news , with two notable lapses in 1997 . Madagascar . Despite a series of strikes and urban demonstrations instigated by the standoff between President Zafy and his opponents in ...
... Journalists and the press were unimpeded in reporting the news , with two notable lapses in 1997 . Madagascar . Despite a series of strikes and urban demonstrations instigated by the standoff between President Zafy and his opponents in ...
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... journalists were generally functioning without fear of reprisals . But two notable abuses of state power emerged : the arrest and beating of fifteen journalists covering an opposition press conference ; and the censorship of a private ...
... journalists were generally functioning without fear of reprisals . But two notable abuses of state power emerged : the arrest and beating of fifteen journalists covering an opposition press conference ; and the censorship of a private ...
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... journalists in print , radio , and television reported on the horrendous prison conditions , but without reprisals ... Journalists 1997 ) . Both the mainland and Zanzibar governments were applying a number of outdated and repressive laws ...
... journalists in print , radio , and television reported on the horrendous prison conditions , but without reprisals ... Journalists 1997 ) . Both the mainland and Zanzibar governments were applying a number of outdated and repressive laws ...
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