The African Search for Stable Forms of Statehood

by Nasong'o, Shadrack Wanjala; Falola, Toyin

• ISBN13: 9780773452374
• ISBN10: 0773452370
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Summary

This study explores and probes the shifting modes of politics in Africa as manifested in transitions from colonialism to political independence; from military dictatorship and civilian single-party authoritarianism to multiparty democratic experiments; as well as from one regime to another within the context of an emerging democratic dispensation on the continent.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations
Shifting Modes of Politics in Africa: Theoretical and Conceptual Imperatives	p. 19
The Politics of Democratization in East Africa
Contemporary Kenyan Politics: A Structuration Theoretic Approach	p. 47
From a Socialist Order to Liberal Politics: Democratic Transition in Tanzania	p. 101
Reversed Transition in Uganda: From a Non-Democratic Multiparty System to a "Non-Party" Democracy	p. 141
Change and Continuity in Southern Africa
Transition from a Personal Dictatorship in Malawi: Democratization and the Legacy of the Past	p. 187
From International Pariah to Africa's Messiah: Dynamics of South Africa's Paradigm Shift	p. 229
Comrade Mugabe's Zimbabwe: The Politics of Deception and Survival	p. 263
Botswana, Africa's Oldest Democracy: The Legacy of Sir Seretse Khama	p. 305
The Democratization Problematic in West Africa
Post-Military Transition in Nigeria or Democracy on Trial? Critical Reflections	p. 323
Democratic Transition in Cameroon: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects	p. 355
Bibliography	p. 379
Index	p. 407
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