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Democratization And Structural Adjustment In Africa In The 1990s
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Author :Lual Acuek Lual Deng Publisher :African Studies Program University of Wisconsin ISBN 13 : Total Pages :230 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Democratization and Structural Adjustment in Africa in the 1990s by : Lual Acuek Lual Deng
Download or read book Democratization and Structural Adjustment in Africa in the 1990s written by Lual Acuek Lual Deng and published by African Studies Program University of Wisconsin. This book was released on 1991 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Democracy, Good Governance and Development in Africa by : Mawere, Munyaradzi
Download or read book Democracy, Good Governance and Development in Africa written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2015-10-24 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in the view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remains a perennial question why some decades after political independence in Africa the continent continues experiencing bad governance, lagging behind socioeconomically, and its democracy questionable. We admit that a plethora of theories and reasons, including iniquitous and malicious ones, have been conjured in an attempt to explain and answer the questions as to why Africa seems to be lagging behind other continents in issues pertaining to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. Yet, none of the theories and reasons proffered so far seems to have provided enduring solutions to Africa’s diverse complex problems and predicaments. This book dissects and critically examines the matrix of Africa’s multifaceted problems on governance, democracy and development in an attempt to proffer enduring solutions to the continent’s long-standing political and socio-economic dilemmas and setbacks.
Book Synopsis Subsaharan Africa in the 1990s by : Rukhsana A. Siddiqui
Download or read book Subsaharan Africa in the 1990s written by Rukhsana A. Siddiqui and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-06-25 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic performance of African countries south of the Sahara generally has been poor during the past two decades. External factors such as high oil prices, deteriorating terms of trade, and wars, and formidable internal factors such as corruption, chauvinism, authoritarianism, and violence have continued to plague the region. Whereas in the 1980s the Subsahara was overwhelmed by drought, devaluation, and debt, the 1990s have brought the paradox of civil strife and a complex transition to democracy. This volume surveys the major political, economic, social, ecological, and gender related aspects of Subsaharan Africa's struggle toward democracy. Its essays pose two fundamental sets of ideas: that the internal equilibrium can be restored only through institutional changes with these countries; and that the political and economic dilemmas in the region are closely related to issues of gender and the environment. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students of comparative politics, developmental economics, and African studies.
Book Synopsis Multiparty Democracy and Political Change by : John Mukum Mbaku
Download or read book Multiparty Democracy and Political Change written by John Mukum Mbaku and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, This book is written by seasoned scholars of African Studies and it intended to make a significant contribution to the debate on democracy and democratization in the continent. It contains a rich mixture of analytical ideas and views on the transition to accountable, participatory, and democratic governance structures in Africa. It provides both students of African political economy and policymakers in the continent and in-depth analysis of the post-independence experience of African countries with institutional reforms. Specifically, it looks at the struggles of Africans, since independence, to provide themselves with more appropriate and viable governance structures and economic systems that enhance the ability to entrepreneurs to create wealth. The Book breaks new ground in that it places significant emphasis on the reconstruction of the neo-colonial state as an important first step to a successful transition to democratic and more accountable governance structures.
Book Synopsis Our Continent, Our Future by : P. Thandika Mkandawire
Download or read book Our Continent, Our Future written by P. Thandika Mkandawire and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.
Book Synopsis Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa (1989-1992) by : Robert Buijtenhuijs
Download or read book Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa (1989-1992) written by Robert Buijtenhuijs and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Between Liberalisation and Oppression by : P. Thandika Mkandawire
Download or read book Between Liberalisation and Oppression written by P. Thandika Mkandawire and published by Codesria. This book was released on 1995 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one can fail to be aware of the incredible impact that the IMF and the World Bank have had on Africa. Their structural adjustment programmes were deliberately designed to shock African economies into free market reform and ensuing stability. But when `getting the prices right' first swamped the World Bank's African economic plans in the early 1980s, few bothered to analyse the politics of a reform package whose immediate impact was violent and unsettling. While Africa has come a long way since then, the goal of market reform must be as important as the task of understanding the politics of unleashing the forces of the market. Not least, is the question of democratisation, which the Bank itself now attempts to force through with loan conditions. This book is the culmination of intense debate by African authors across the continent. Three sections make up a comprehensive analysis of adjustment regimes, their perspectives and the political context in which they have survived, or not. Country case studies in both anglophone and francophone Africa round up the analysis.
Book Synopsis Democratization in Africa by : National Research Council
Download or read book Democratization in Africa written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global movement toward democracy, spurred in part by the ending of the cold war, has created opportunities for democratization not only in Europe and the former Soviet Union, but also in Africa. This book is based on workshops held in Benin, Ethiopia, and Namibia to better understand the dynamics of contemporary democratic movements in Africa. Key issues in the democratization process range from its institutional and political requirements to specific problems such as ethnic conflict, corruption, and role of donors in promoting democracy. By focusing on the opinion and views of African intellectuals, academics, writers, and political activists and observers, the book provides a unique perspective regarding the dynamics and problems of democratization in Africa.
Book Synopsis Nigeria by : Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere
Download or read book Nigeria written by Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria is in a long-standing crisis. Military rule has suffocated civil society and has entrenched a culture of repression, corruption, and official irresponsibility. The reign of Ibrahim Babangida has resulted in near total economic disaster for the country. The situation is so bad, as Julius Ihonvbere shows, that Nigerians are now saying that the days of colonialism were better. In this major new study, Ihonvbere searches out the sources of Nigeria's predicament. He finds them in the country's historical experience, and the consequences of that experience since gaining political independence. Nigeria has become a society in which its citizens live in fear and its youth emigrate to other countries. It is now impossible to survive in the country without belonging to a certain religion, living in a particular region, having connections with top military officers, and being involved with some form of corruption. Even involvement in drug pushing or extrajudicial murder is no longer considered a crime, but a circumstance of life. Such conditions have encouraged the emergence of several popular organizations. New alliances of students, workers, women, youths, intellectuals, professionals, and the unemployed transcend ethnic, regional, and religious differences. For the author, it is at this emerging level of struggle and interaction that the future of Nigeria lies. This work examines several critical, but often overlooked or underresearched aspects of Nigeria's political economy. Ihonvbere analyzes in detail Nigeria's foreign policy, its economic crisis, the military, the decay of its educational system, and democratization. He pays particular attention to the paradoxical connection between IMF/World Bank-supervised structural adjustment and the struggle for democracy. His book will be of interest to experts hi socioeconomic development, foreign policy analysts, students of military science, and scholars of African politics and history.
Book Synopsis What are the main impediments to democracy in Africa by : Lucia Schuster
Download or read book What are the main impediments to democracy in Africa written by Lucia Schuster and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-06-03 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 2,0 (B), University of Southampton (Department of Politics), course: Africa - Culture and Political Systems, language: English, abstract: Democracy in Africa has been shaped by the colonial powers that ran Africa until the period of decolonisation that began in the 1960’s. Thereafter Africa has attempted to follow the European model of democratic governance. However, whilst African democracy has shown some improvement, it is still having legitimacy problems and African states are characterised by corruption and autocracy. This report will highlight the impediments to the furthering of democracy in Africa and what can be done to increase the role of democracy in African States. There will be a focus on the role played by colonialism and the ethnic divides that exist in Africa. We will then examine how corruption and the economic problems of African States are restraining democratic legitimacy and the effect these problems have on human rights. Lastly, we will concentrate on the role that other state and non-state actors have on democracy in Africa. However, before looking at these aspects of the debate, it is important to understand democracy and its basis. Democracy is not a single approach but rather a commitment to certain institutions such as the rule of law, civil society and political accountability through free and fair elections by an electorate based on universal suffrage. It also includes (to a varying degree) freedom of speech, the development of a civic culture and the acceptance of a social contract.
Book Synopsis Closing the Circle by : Richard Sandbrook
Download or read book Closing the Circle written by Richard Sandbrook and published by Between The Lines. This book was released on 2000 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a truism that many African countries face a three-pronged tribulation--political tyranny; failed capitalist development; and violent domestic conflict. The relationship between effective democratic institutions, successful development and civil peace is less clear. This book analyzes the experience with democratization of a carefully selected sample of countries: Ghana, Mali, and Niger in West Africa; Zambia, Tanzania, and Madagascar in East Africa; and Sudan.
Book Synopsis Transition to Democracy by : S. F. Coetzee
Download or read book Transition to Democracy written by S. F. Coetzee and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition to democracy and sustainable development / Stef Coetzee (12 p.). -Development and democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Louis Emmerij (32 p.). - 1. Promoting democracy in Africa : introductory remarks / Fanie Cloete (2 p.). -Renewing and restoring democracy in Africa / Fantu Cheru (16 p.). -Governance in Africa : a critical examination of the issues / Peter Anyang Nyongo (6 p.). -Decentralisation, civil society and grassroots action : harnessing power from below / Philippa Maphosa (4 p.). - 2. The public sector : introductory remarks / Kehla Subane (4 p.). -Efficiency, equal opportunities, and accountability : reworking public sector management agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa / Jide M Balogun (26 p.). -Towards 'right-sizing' a new civil service : gaining from African experience / Pierre Hugo (24 p.). - 3. Structural adjustment : introductory remarks /Caleb M Fundanga (7 p.). -African perspectives on adjustment programmes and alternative development programmes / Bade Onimode (27 p.). -Restarting development : structural adjustment or transformation or both? / Gerhard Croeser (16 p.). - 4. Regional co-operation : democracy, development and regionalism in Africa / Sam K.B Asante (25 p.). -The significance of theoretical debates on regional co-operation and integration in the transition of South Africa / Rob Davies (19 p.). - 5. The way forward : introductory remarks / Ketso Gordhan (6 p.). -Human development : the way forward / Elvil Beukes (17 p.). -Between the new right and the old left : unburdening the overburdened state in South Africa / Devan Pillay (11 p.).
Book Synopsis Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Klaas van Walraven
Download or read book Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Klaas van Walraven and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Democratization and Popular Participation in Africa by : Gerald Schmitz
Download or read book Democratization and Popular Participation in Africa written by Gerald Schmitz and published by Institut Nord-Sud = North-South Institute. This book was released on 1992 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Disciplining Democracy by : Rita Abrahamsen
Download or read book Disciplining Democracy written by Rita Abrahamsen and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines contemporary development theory and discourse and explores its relationship to processes of democratization in sub-Saharan Africa. Focuses on the emergence and implementation of the good governance discourse. Draws on examples from four countries to demonstrate the impact of structural adjustment on economic and social conditions and describes the activities of democracy movements opposed to adjustment programmes. Concludes that the good governance agenda has been largely unsuccessful in promoting stable multi-party democracies in Africa.
Book Synopsis Government and Politics in Africa by : William Tordoff
Download or read book Government and Politics in Africa written by William Tordoff and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for previous editions: ..". a wonderfullycomprehensive yet succinct textbook on African politics." -- Third WorldQuarterly "[W]ritten with an economy of language and abreadth of knowledge rarely found in political science writings.... Tordoff'sinterpretations will be respected by scholars from diverse perspectives." --International Journal of African Historical Studies The fourthedition of Government and Politics in Africa examines the experience of Africanstates following the emergence of pro-democracy movements from the late 1980s to thepresent. This fully revised volume examines a wide range of issues and institutions, including multi-party elections and their democratic and authoritarian outcomes;privatization and the market economy; corruption, ethnic and clan rivalry, andreligious fundamentalism; state collapse and civil war; the role of regional andAfrica-wide organizations; debt relief, structural adjustment, and povertyalleviation; the spread of HIV/AIDS; the role and status of women; and Africa'smarginalization in the global economy.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Transition in Africa by : Giles Mohan
Download or read book The Politics of Transition in Africa written by Giles Mohan and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series of studies that examine political issues confronting African peoples, societies and states, this text explores: theories of the state, the transition to democracy and economic development. Published in association with ROAPE North America: Africa World Press
