Larry Diamond is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he also directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Marc F. Plattner is vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy, where he directs the International Forum for Democratic Studies. They serve as coeditors of the Journal of Democracy.
Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction | p. ix |
Progress and Retreat in Africa | |
Challenges of a "Frontier" Region | p. 3 |
Presidents Untamed | p. 18 |
Legislatures on the Rise? | p. 33 |
The Rule of Law versus the Big Man | p. 47 |
The Institutionalization of Political Power in Africa | p. 59 |
The Decline of the African Military Coup | p. 73 |
Growth Without Prosperity in Africa | p. 88 |
Formal versus Informal Institutions in Africa | p. 103 |
West Africa | |
Nigeria's Muddled Elections | p. 121 |
Another Step Forward for Ghana | p. 137 |
Senegal: The Return of Personalism | p. 152 |
Sierra Leone: A Vote for Better Governance | p. 166 |
Liberia Starts Over | p. 179 |
East Africa | |
Kenya: Back from the Brink? | p. 197 |
The Crisis in Kenya | p. 212 |
Tanzania's Missing Opposition | p. 219 |
Personalizing Power in Uganda | p. 233 |
The Remarkable Story of Somaliland | p. 248 |
Southern and Central Africa | |
An Accidental Advance? South Africa's 2009 Elections | p. 265 |
The Illusion of Democracy in Botswana | p. 280 |
Zambia: One Party in Perpetuity? | p. 295 |
Voting for Change in the DRC | p. 310 |
Angola's Façade Democracy | p. 324 |
Zimbabwe's Long Agony | p. 338 |
Index | p. 353 |
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