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Liberal democracy and its critics in Africa : political dysfunction and the struggle for social progress /
The institutional forms and processes of democracy are spreading in Africa as dictatorial regimes have been forced to give way. But democratic form and democratic substance are two different things. Western-derived institutional forms are neither necessarily the most approprate nor the most practica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dakar, Senegal : London ; New York : New York :
CODESRIA Books ; in association with Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Colección: | Africa in the new millennium.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The institutional forms and processes of democracy are spreading in Africa as dictatorial regimes have been forced to give way. But democratic form and democratic substance are two different things. Western-derived institutional forms are neither necessarily the most approprate nor the most practical in the current African context, and rooting democratic norms in African political cultures raises socio-cultural questions. This book draws on the experiences of particular African elections and countries to explore the continuing impact of police state apparatuses; the factors influencing voters? |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ii, 213 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848131545 1848131542 1848137222 9781848137226 1780328273 9781780328270 1281259241 9781281259240 9786611259242 6611259244 |