Democracy in Africa (Record no. 2529)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780521138420
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 321.8096CHE
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cheeseman, Nicholas.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Democracy in Africa
Remainder of title successes, failures, andthe struggle for political reform
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2015
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xx, 247 pages ; 23 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design political systems that manage ethnic diversity, and why democratic governments often make bad policy decisions. Beginning in the colonial period with the introduction of multi-party elections and ending in 2013 with the collapse of democracy in Mali and South Sudan, the book describes the rise of authoritarian states in the 1970s; the attempts of trade unions and some religious groups to check the abuse of power in the 1980s; the remarkable return of multiparty politics in the 1990s; and finally, the tragic tendency for elections to exacerbate corruption and violence.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Democracy--Africa--History.
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   321.8096CHE 002552 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book