This text presents a discussion of electoral systems and democratization in Anglophone Africa. Examining countries such as South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Zambia and Nigeria, the book explores political crisis and democratic renewal, electoral manipulation and the transition to democracy.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
tables, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 152 mm
Breite: 228 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85521-996-0 (9781855219960)
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Herausgeber*in
Rhodes University, South Africa
University of Leeds
Political crisis and democratic renewal in Africa; electoral systems and democratization in Africa; electoral corruption and manipulation in Africa - the case for international monitoring; the 1989 elections and the decolonization of Namibia; democratization and the 1991 elections in Zambia; Kenya - the survival of the old order; settling old scores - from authoritarianism to dependent democracy in Lesotho; blocked transition in Nigeria - democracy and the power of the oligarchy; the democratic transition in Malawi - from single-party rule to a multi-party state; choosing "the freedom to be free" - the South African general elections of 1994; conclusion - false dawn or democratic opening?
