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Democratization in Malawi /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Luviri Press,
2020.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Copyright page
- Title page
- Foreword to the 2020 Edition
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editors' Preface
- Introduction: From Totalitarianism to Democracy in Malawi
- Part One
- Political and Economic Dimensions
- 1. The Mwanza Trial as a Search for a Usable Malawian Past
- The Mwanza Trial from the Government's Perspective
- MCP and the Mwanza Murders
- The Events: Who was Conspiring?
- Conclusion
- 2. Democracy, Ethnicity, and Regionalism: The Malawian Experience, 1992-1996
- Concepts: Their Definition and Relevance
- Ethnicity in Historical Perspective
- Regionalism and the Banda Regime
- Democratic Transition, Ethnicity, and Regionalism
- Which Way Now
- 3. Economy and Democracy: Background, Current Situation and Future Prospects
- Economic Evolution since Independence
- Current Situation and Problems
- Future Prospects
- Conclusion
- 4. Competitive Politics and Chameleon-like Leaders
- Malawi before the Referendum and General Elections
- The Referendum and General Elections
- The Role of Leadership in Determining the Results of the Referendum and General Elections
- The Astonishing Example of Gwanda Chakuamba
- The Intriguing Case of Chakufwa Chihana
- Conclusion
- 5. The Kingdom beyond Zasintha: Churches and Political Life in Malawi's Post-authoritarian Era
- Church and Politics: Some Conceptual Issues
- Politics in the ""New"" Malawi: Setting the Context to Review the Churches' Record
- The External Face of the Churches: Change and the Limits thereof
- Internal Politics: Business as Usual?
- The Hidden Face: Threats to Civic Politics
- Movements for Change in the Church: Progressive Catholicism and the 'Born Agains'
- Conclusion
- 6. Prospects and Problems for Civil Society in Malawi
- Introduction
- Why Civil Society?
- Civil Society in Africa
- State
- Civil Society Relations in Malawi
- Prospects for Civil Society as a Force for Change
- Part Two
- Cultural and Educational Dimensions
- 7. Dr Banda's Cultural Legacy and its Implications for a Democratic Malawi
- Role of Culture in Democratic Society
- Dr Banda and the Cultural Question
- A Student Abroad
- An Exiled Professional
- Nationalist Leader and Law Giver
- Implications for the ""New"" Malawi
- Conclusion
- 8. 'All Men Do is Love, Love ...': Context, Power and Women in Some Recent Malawian Writing
- Critical Perspective
- Introduction
- Decontextualization
- The Basket Girl: Synopsis
- Sugarcane with Salt
- Synopsis
- Smouldering Charcoal
- 9. Politics in the Cartoon in Malawi: The Democrat Cartoons
- Introduction: Satire in the Democratic Political Discourse
- Political Cartooning in Malawi
- From the Referendum to the General Elections in 1994
- After the General Elections, 1994
- Olemekezeka"" (The Honourable)
- Conclusions