Military Politics And Democratization In Southern Africa

Author : Tendai Chari,Patrick Dzimiri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031352294

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Military, Politics and Democratization in Southern Africa by Tendai Chari,Patrick Dzimiri Pdf

This book explores multiple challenges faced by democratization in Southern Africa. Applying a wider lens to the concept of political transition and employing a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, the contributions gathered here explore residual political cultural practices that hinder democratic consolidation in Southern Africa. Presenting various case studies, the book tackles themes such as the military-political nexus, leadership renewal, constitutionalism, electoral politics, election violence, marginalization of women, civil society and political transition, media framing and transitional justice. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective and drawing on empirical data from multiple sources, this edited volume challenges orthodox conceptualizations of political transition. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, African studies, and related fields, as well as policy-makers and professionals interested in the latest political developments in Southern Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428913660

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Armies and Democracy in the New Africa: Lessons from Nigeria and South Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gavin Cawthra,André Du Pisani,Abillah H. Omari
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781868144532

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Security and Democracy in Southern Africa by Gavin Cawthra,André Du Pisani,Abillah H. Omari Pdf

Southern Africa has embarked on one of the world's most ambitious security co-operation initiatives, seeking to roll out the principles of the United Nations at regional levels. This book examines the triangular relationship between democratisation, the character of democracy and its deficits, and national security practices and perceptions of eleven southern African states. It explores what impact these processes and practices have had on the collaborative security project in the region. Based on national studies conducted by African academics and security practitioners over three years, it includes an examination of the way security is conceived and managed, as well as a comparative analysis of regional security co-operation in the developing world.

Author : Martin Legassick
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9171065040

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Armed Struggle and Democracy by Martin Legassick Pdf

The impact of the concept(s) of armed struggle for the notion(s) of democracy in South(ern) Africa is the focus of this paper. Originally submitted to a conference on (Re-) Conceptualising Democracy and Liberation in Southern Africa, held in Windhoek, Namibia during July 2002, it argues from the point of departure of the personal involvement of the author in the issues raised.The author was part of a group which criticised the strategy of armed struggle in the ANC. With this paper he inspires a debate, which can claim relevance for current issues of democracy in South Africa and the Southern African region more generally. Given the degree of personal involvement of its author, this analysis is contemporary history based on personal insights, and provides arguments for a necessary discussion.

Author : Kent Hughes Butts,Steven Metz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1463709439

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Armies and Democracy in the New Africa by Kent Hughes Butts,Steven Metz Pdf

In October 1994, the Strategic Studies Institute sponsored a roundtable on democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Particular attention was paid to the role the U.S. military and Department of Defense played in democracy support. This study developed from a paper presented at the roundtable. Dr. Butts and Dr. Metz reject the notion that the political culture of African states allows or even encourages military intervention in politics. Drawing on case studies from Nigeria and South Africa, they contend that if the fragile democracies in Sub- Saharan Africa are to be sustained, African militaries must be extricated from politics and take decisive steps toward the type of military professionalism seen in stable democracies around the world. U.S. national interests in Sub-Saharan Africa are so limited that the region will receive only a very small proportion of the human, political, military, and economic resources devoted to American national security strategy. This makes efficiency imperative. Dr. Butts and Dr. Metz argue that if U.S. strategic resources are used wisely in Africa, they can have the desired effect. In particular, the U.S. military can play an important part in helping African militaries professionalize. They close with concrete proposals through which the U.S. Department of Defense and the Army could more effectively support African democratization.

Author : Zoltan Barany,Zoltan D. Barany
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691137698

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The Soldier and the Changing State by Zoltan Barany,Zoltan D. Barany Pdf

Looking at how armies supportive of democracy are built, this title argues that the military is the important institution that states maintain, for without military elites who support democratic governance, democracy cannot be consolidated. It demonstrates that building democratic armies is the quintessential task of democratizing regimes.

Author : Mathurin C. Houngnikpo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317124290

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Guarding the Guardians by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo Pdf

The relationship between civil society and the armed forces is an essential part of any polity, democratic or otherwise, because a military force is after all a universal feature of social systems. Despite significant progress moving towards democracy among some African countries in the past decade, all too many African militaries have yet to accept core democratic principles regulating civilian authority over the military. This book explores the theory of civil-military relations and moves on to review the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics by looking first into the organization and role of the army in pre-colonial and colonial eras, before examining contemporary armies and their impact on society. Furthermore it revisits the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa and disentangles the notion of the military as the modernizing force. Whether as a revolutionary force, as a stabilizing force, or as a modernizing force, the military has often been perceived as the only organized and disciplined group with the necessary skills to uplift newly independent nations. The performance of Africa's military governments since independence, however, has soundly disproven this thesis. As such, this study conveys the necessity of new civil-military relations in Africa and calls not just for civilian control of the military but rather a democratic oversight of the security forces in Africa.

Author : George Klay Kieh,Pita Ogaba Agbese
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060101139

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The Military and Politics in Africa by George Klay Kieh,Pita Ogaba Agbese Pdf

Unlike other publications on the military and politics in Africa which focus on one or two aspects of the involvement of the military in African politics, this text provides a comprehensive evaluation of the various aspects of military intervention. Such a collection provides useful insights into the military's role in African politics from initial intervention to the performance of military regimes, as well as to disengagement, reengagement, consolidation and finally, the offering of ways to control the problem of intervention.

Author : Simon Baynham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000347517

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Military Power and Politics in Black Africa by Simon Baynham Pdf

First published in 1986, Military Power and Politics in Black Africa explores many themes that concerned military power and politics in sub-Saharan Africa at the time of publication. Adopting a thematic approach, the book considers the nature of both intervention and disengagement and looks at the relationship between civilian and military institutions. The final chapters put forward arguments for the importance of foreign intervention in the politics and civil-military relations of African states.

Author : Philip Nel,Janis Van der Westhuizen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 073910585X

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Democratizing Foreign Policy? by Philip Nel,Janis Van der Westhuizen Pdf

Are ordinary citizens capable of shaping foreign policy? To answer this question, fifteen established and emerging scholars use South Africa as a case study to assess the extent to which democratic consolidation can be translated into the realm of foreign policy. Contributors discuss the South African Development Community as an arena of transnational democracy, the impact of European Union trade policy, and the significance of South Africa's controversial 'arms deals' as they explore the opportunities and constraints facing recently democratized societies in the Southern Hemisphere. Democratizing Foreign Policy? Lessons from South Africa provides a broad-ranging assessment--investigating conceptual issues regarding the role of women, think tanks, civil society, labor movements, and the impact of globalization upon the process of foreign policy making--of the opportunities and challenges involved in opening the process of foreign policy making to civil society and the need to do so if the developing world is to better manage the complexities of globalization.

Author : George Klay Kieh Jr.,Kelechi A. Kalu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793643070

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Democratization and Military Coups in Africa by George Klay Kieh Jr.,Kelechi A. Kalu Pdf

Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts studies the seemingly endless cycle of coups that have occurred in Africa since the “Free Officers Coup” of 1952 in Egypt. Unfortunately, after more than three decades of the “third wave of democratization” that began in the 1990’s, military coups remain a firm figure on the African political landscape. Although the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), have developed and implemented anti-coup norms, they have not deterred coup-makers. Contributors to this volume analyze the major fault lines in the body politics of African states that have created the conditions for coup-making and offer suggestions for ending the cycle of coups. Using countries such as Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, and Sudan as case studies, each chapter studies the causes, effects, and evolution of military coups in Africa in order to show that eliminating military coups will require identifying and addressing the root causes of the coup in each affected state.

Author : South African Democracy Education Trust
Publisher : Unisa Press
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1868884066

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The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980 by South African Democracy Education Trust Pdf

v. 3: The third volume in the series examines the role of anti-apartheid movements around the world. The global anti-apartheid movement was very successful in creating awareness of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and in contributing to the downfall of the apartheid government. This volume, in 2 parts, brings together analyses which in the main are written by activist scholars with deep roots in the movements and organizations they are writing about.

Author : Linus Obi Chiamuta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000061249474

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Sustaining Democratization in Africa by Linus Obi Chiamuta Pdf

Author : Jack J. Porter
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584874379

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The Construction of Liberal Democracy by Jack J. Porter Pdf

"Rogue and "failed" states present numerous security challenges to the United States and the rest of the international community. Not only do these states offer refuge and at times assistance to violent nonstate actors such as terrorist organizations and pirate syndicates, their continued inability to respond to citizens' needs and unwillingness to respect human dignity establish the foundations for ongoing regional and global instability. With this challenge in mind, current U.S. and international foreign and security policy is directed at assisting these fragile communities in their efforts at democratic state and nation-building. The primary focus of this analysis is a detailed examination of two earlier and successful efforts at democratization, the Federal Republic of Germany and South Africa, paying particular attention to the role of civil-military institutions. After outlining the substantial theoretical and practical obstacles confronting these states, the monograph highlights the potential roles that the new armed forces can play in the democratic transition and consolidation phases. The analysis concludes with a number of policy recommendations and suggestions for those involved in these formidable and critical efforts."--

Author : Annette Seegers
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037474072

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Military and the Making of Modern South Africa by Annette Seegers Pdf

Providing histories of the military and the police in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including first-hand accounts from retired officers and state employees, this book contains much original thinking and analysis, and shows the South African state evolving from white minority rule to multi-racial democracy - and the role of the military in that process.