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The crisis of democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa : towards building institutional foundations /

In the early 1990s, a wave of democratization swept through many African countries, but its prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done about it? This multi-disciplinary work on the Greater Horn investigates the im...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kidane Mengisteab (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2020.
Colección:Eastern African studies (London, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: structural and institutional factors in the crisis of democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa
  • Problematizing 'liberation' and democratization in post-independence Eritrea
  • Prospects for democracy in Africa's newest country, South Sudan
  • The quest for alternatives in overcoming the democratization deficit in Ethiopia
  • Parliament-public engagement in Ethiopia: a weak link in democratic transformation
  • Challenges and prospects of democratization in Sudan
  • The cultivation of a caring patronage system for the Sudanese democratization process: compilation of incompatibles?
  • Contestation of democracy in Kenya
  • Understanding the three paradoxical trajectories: democracy, clan and Islam in the state-building process of Somaliland
  • Developing an alternative approach to democratization in the transitional societies of the Greater Horn
  • Conclusion