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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... role : the emergence of neo - conservative political lead- ers such as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan , and the discrediting of the socialist alternative with the collapse of the Soviet bloc . In Africa most governments have had ...
... role : the emergence of neo - conservative political lead- ers such as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan , and the discrediting of the socialist alternative with the collapse of the Soviet bloc . In Africa most governments have had ...
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... role in national politics . In Zambia , a far more urbanized country , a different pattern prevailed . Students played a less dominant role , and organized workers a more central one , in the oppositional coalition that prodded ...
... role in national politics . In Zambia , a far more urbanized country , a different pattern prevailed . Students played a less dominant role , and organized workers a more central one , in the oppositional coalition that prodded ...
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... role in securing rural votes for Rawlings ' party . Nor are the interests of peasants neatly separated from those of wage- earners . Peasants and urban workers are still not mutually exclusive classes in Africa ; many workers who suffer ...
... role in securing rural votes for Rawlings ' party . Nor are the interests of peasants neatly separated from those of wage- earners . Peasants and urban workers are still not mutually exclusive classes in Africa ; many workers who suffer ...
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