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Africa Beyond Liberal Democracy
In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century
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2022
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Africa beyond Liberal Democracy: In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century explores possible future trajectories of democratization on the continent. At the dawn of political independence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many countries in Africa set out with liberal democratic constitutions. However, these were quickly dismantled by civilian regimes that turned their countries into one-party autocracies, or by military coups that set aside the constitutions altogether. The 1990s saw an attempt at reverting to competitive multi-party politics through the so-called second-generation constitutions, but these are again being dismantled by civilian autocracies and military juntas.
In this collection, edited by Reginald M. J. Oduor, African and Africanist scholars examine the view that what has failed in Africa is liberal democracy rather than democracy as such, because liberal democracy arose in an individualist socio-political Western context that is significantly different from the communalist milieu of African societies.
The contributors, from a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, andbased in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, India, Sweden, and Finland, present a range of perspectives on possible directions for context-relevant models of democracy in the various countries of Africa in the twenty-first century.
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2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1381-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1382-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
292
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Edited Book
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Preface No access
List of Figures No access
Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter One African Political Ideology and Practice in the Era of Globalisation No access
Chapter Two Promoting Indigenous Values to Facilitate the Emergence of Suitable Forms of Democracy No access
Chapter Three Colonialism and the Challenge of Western-Style Democracy in Africa No access
Chapter Four The Snares of Liberal Democracy No access
Chapter Five Democracy as Falsehood No access
Chapter Six Gender-Sensitive Followershipin Africa No access
Chapter Seven Co-operative Collegial Democracy No access
Chapter Eigh tThe Traditional Roots of Democratic Verbal Discipline No access
Chapter Nine An Appeal for a Communitarian Model of Democracy No access
Chapter Ten Elements of an Indigenous African Model of Democracy No access
Chapter Eleven Democracy and the Right of the Minority in Africa No access
Chapter Twelve Critical Reflections on the Quest for a Monolithic Democratic Alternative to Liberal Democracy for Africa No access
Chapter Thirteen Groundswell No access
Chapter Fourteen In Defence of Ethnically Based Federations in Post–ColonialAfrican States, with Special Reference to Kenya No access
