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Democracy and Political Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

By John A. Wiseman

Book information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Year
1995
ISBN
9780203428337, 9780415113014
LCC
JQ1879.A15
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
956 kB (978668 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
251\0
Time added
2023-08-06 10:41:03
Democracy -- AfricaSub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-Sub-Saharan. ; Africa

Description

Since the end of the 1980s the most important political development in Sub-Saharan Africa has been the movement towards democracy. This is something that has affected nearly all the countries in the region in varying degrees. This book provides the reader with a set of case studies covering a diverse range of African states in order to identify the major causes of recent change, the progress made so far and what the prospects for the future might be. While changes in the global political situation has been important, the greatest impetus towards democracy has been the result on internal factors. For all the states covered the specific domestic, social, economic, and political conditions are seen as vitally important.

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