State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa / / ed. by Richard Joseph.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bates, Robert H.,; Bauer, Gretchen,; Beck, Linda J.,; Bratton, Michael,; Brautigam, Deborah,; Gyimah-Boadi, E.,; Harbeson, John W,; Herbst, Jeffrey,; Hyden, Goran,; Joseph, Richard,; Longman, Timothy,; Magnusson, Bruce A.,; Mkandawire, Thandika,; Olowu, Dele,; Ottaway, Marina,; Posner, Daniel N.,; Rothchild, Donald,; Sklar, Richard L.,; Taylor, Scott D.,; Van De Walle, Nicolas,; Young, Crawford,
• HerausgeberIn: Joseph, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (532 p.)

This seminal volume explores the most important dimensions of state formation and erosion, social conflict, and the gains and setbacks in democratization in contemporary Africa. The results of nearly a decade of research, reflection, and collegial interaction, the collection delineates the dominant patterns of political restructuring since the upheavals of the early 1990s.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I Overview -- 1 State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa -- 2 The Third Wave of Democratization in Africa: Ambiguities and Contradictions -- 3 Rethinking Democratic Transitions: Lessons from Eastern and Southern Africa -- 4 The Reconfiguration of Power in Late Twentieth-Century Africa -- PART 2 The Political Economy of Democratization -- 5 The Economic Bases of Democratization -- 6 Globalization and African Democracy -- 7 Crisis Management and the Making of "Choiceless Democracies" -- 8 The "Mauritius Miracle": Democracy, Institutions, and Economic Policy -- PART 3 Political Restructuring and Regime Politics -- 9 African Polities: The Next Generation -- 10 Governance and the Reconstitution of Political Order -- 11 Senegal's Enlarged Presidential Majority: Deepening Democracy or Detour? -- 12 Testing Democracy in Benin: Experiments in Institutional Reform -- 13 Race, Class, and Neopatrimonialism in Zimbabwe -- 14 The Role of Citizenship Laws in Multiethnic Societies: Evidence from Africa -- 15 Local Governance, Democracy, and Development -- PART 4 Ethnicity, Conflict, and Insecurity -- 16 Ethnic Politics in Africa: Change and Continuity -- 17 Ethnic Insecurity, Peace Agreements, and State Building -- 18 State, Civil Society, and Genocide in Rwanda -- 19 Autocracy, Violence, and Ethnomilitary Rule in Nigeria -- PART 5 Elections and Democratization -- 20 A First Look at Second Elections in Africa, with Illustrations from Zambia -- 21 Ghana: The Challenges of Consolidating Democracy -- 22 Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in Namibia -- PART 6 Conclusion -- 23 State, Conflict, and Democracy in Africa: The Complex Process of Renewal -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE BOOK