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The Paradox of Third-Wave Democratization in Africa
The Gambia under AFPRC-APRC Rule, 1994-2008
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2009
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This book is about the dilemma(s) of 'third-wave' 'democratization' in Africa. It teases out the general proposition that while the market is a necessary ingredient for development, it is not by itself a sufficient condition for prosperity_the state's role, policy framework, and leadership also matter. Using a counter-example, the book contends that in a poor governance environment, gross human rights violations result in poor economic performance and failure by repressive governments to provide basic needs for the poor in society. While this study is concerned primarily with The Gambia, it nonetheless has a lot to say about Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and other countries in the continent caught in the paralysis of externally driven political and economic transitions and globalization. Locating countries undergoing liberalization and democratization within the global economy_as well as their peripheral status within it_is important, as patterns of contemporary globalization are highly asymmetrical and often associated with a democratic deficit. Consequently, some groups, classes, and states enjoy numerous political and economic freedoms foreign to the vast majority of humanity, which lives in oppressive living conditions. The Paradox of Third-Wave Democratization in Africa is also a comprehensive account of the historical, political, and economic events since the onset of military and quasi-military rule in this West African mini-state of 1.5 million, once the longest surviving functioning democracy in Africa. Predictably, the book is about former President Dawda Jawara as much as it is about soldier-turned-president Yahya Jammeh, who in the last fourteen years has dominated the country's political and economic landscape. In the end, the book posits that various attempts to improve living standards of ordinary Gambians and Africans by client regimes using foisted conventional market-driven economic models alone are not likely to succeed until they are predicated on a basic-needs economic strategy and organically spawned political structures. Finally, the book highlights transnational political and economic ties Diaspora Gambians have established with The Gambia and their attempts to both shape and nudge politics in the second republic in a more democratic direction.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2921-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3504-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
188
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Ch02. Theoretical Framework No access Pages 11 - 22
Ch03. The Junior Officer Coup and theTransition to “Civilian Rule”:1994–1996 No access Pages 23 - 36
Ch04. The October 2001Presidential Elections No access Pages 37 - 56
Ch05. The National Security State No access Pages 57 - 72
Ch06. Human Rights under theAFPRC-APRC: 1994–2008 No access Pages 73 - 94
