The Road To Democratic Development Statehood In Africa

Author : Marcel Felicity Nagar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030735234

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The Road to Democratic Development Statehood in Africa by Marcel Felicity Nagar Pdf

This book interrogates Africa’s pursuit of the Democratic Developmental State model by drawing on the experiences of Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. It comprises of five parts: Part I, consisting of two chapters, outlines the key conceptual and theoretical approaches used throughout the book’s discussions. The proceeding parts II, III and IV critically analyses the three case studies under review. Each part is subdivided into two chapters wherein a historical state-societal approach is employed in interrogating the extent to which Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda have been able to successfully achieve democratic development, on the one hand, and, conversely, inclusive economic growth and development, on the other. Part V, and Chapter 10 debuts the concept and model of the Developmental Civil Society.

Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi,Mwanaka, Tendai R.
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956763009

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Democracy, Good Governance and Development in Africa by Mawere, Munyaradzi,Mwanaka, Tendai R. Pdf

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.

Author : Darin Christensen,David D. Laitin
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780300226614

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African States Since Independence by Darin Christensen,David D. Laitin Pdf

Authors Christensen and Laitin argue that an interplay of geographic, historical, and demographic factors undergird sub-Saharan states' post-independence struggles to eradicate poverty, establish democratic accountability, and quell civil unrest. They set out the founding fathers' challenges in transforming their postcolonial states, many of which are ethnically diverse, geographically diffuse, sparsely populated, and lacking in administrative capacity. With the legacies of the slave trade, partition, Christian missionaries, and extractive colonial institutions complicating their efforts, many African states faced stagnation, authoritarianism, and civil strife. Recent years have seen promising attempts to restore democracy to states under authoritarian rule and to liberalize their economies, suggesting that the region is moving toward a new era. Relying on the best statistical data and richly illustrated with case material, this book is an indispensable source for scholars and policy analysts seeking to understand Africa's post-independence political trajectories.

Author : Godfrey Kanyenze,Herbert Jauch
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781779223081

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Towards Democratic Development States in Southern Africa by Godfrey Kanyenze,Herbert Jauch Pdf

The dawn of the twenty-first century heralded an apparent change of fortunes for most sub-Saharan African economies, with annual growth averaging over 5% for fifteen years. However, this was not accompanied by structural transformation: poverty, food insecurity, unemployment and inequality persist. Structural transformation has not been - and indeed cannot be - delivered by market forces and neo-liberal economic policies; it requires a state committed to development, and to achieving it in a democratic way. To what extent do the countries of Southern Africa exhibit the characteristics of such a developmental state? What steps, if any, do they need to take in order to become one? The book answers the questions with respect to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Malawi. Godfrey Kanyenze and his colleagues have assembled a distinguished team of writers to take the temperature of the regional political economy, and chart a path for its future development.

Author : John Michael Healey,Mark Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070483529

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Democracy, Governance, and Economic Policy by John Michael Healey,Mark Robinson Pdf

Examines the political dimensions of economic policy making in the 1970s and 1980s.

Author : Claude Ake
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815723486

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Democracy and Development in Africa by Claude Ake Pdf

Despite three decades of preoccupation with development in Africa, the economies of most African nations are still stagnating or regressing. For most Africans, incomes are lower than they were two decades ago, health prospects are poorer, malnourishment is widespread, and infrastructures and social institutions are breaking down. An array of factors have been offered to explain the apparent failure of development in Africa, including the colonial legacy, social pluralism, corruption, poor planning and incompetent management, limited in-flow of foreign capital, and low levels of saving and investment. Alone or in combination, these factors are serious impediments to development, but Claude Ake contends that the problem is not that development has failed, but that it was never really on the agenda. He maintains that political conditions in Africa are the greatest impediment to development. In this book, Ake traces the evolution and failure of development policies, including the IMF stabilization programs that have dominated international efforts. He identifies the root causes of the problem in the authoritarian political structure of the African states derived from the previous colonial entities. Ake sketches the alternatives that are struggling to emerge from calamitous failure--economic development based on traditional agriculture, political development based on the decentralization of power, and reliance on indigenous communities that have been providing some measure of refuge from the coercive power of the central state. Ake's argument may become a new paradigm for development in Africa.

Author : Gashawbeza Bekele,Adebayo Oyebade
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498564526

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Africa in the Twenty-First Century by Gashawbeza Bekele,Adebayo Oyebade Pdf

This book interrogates contemporary debates, controversies, achievements, challenges, and future prospects of African development and democratization from varied theoretical perspectives. The diverse issues and sub-themes addressed in this volume include tenets of democracy such as democratization, democratic institutions, good governance, term limits, minority rights, and women’s political participation; and dynamics of development such as economic growth, liberalization, development strategies and models, Millennium Development Goals, uneven regional development,sustainable development challenges, transport development and management, and health and development. Featuring established and emerging scholars, this book is a vital resource for scholars, policy makers, and students interested in African politics and development.

Author : Daniel A. Omoweh
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782869785120

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The Feasibility of the Democratic Developmental State in the South by Daniel A. Omoweh Pdf

The book examines the prospects of a democratic developmental state in Latin American, African and Asian countries, collectively referred to in this work as the global South. Practically, the state refers to the political leadership. Within this context, it interrogates the politics of the state and the unresolved critical issues it has engendered in the state-development discourse such as the need to re-conceptualize the developmental state, democratization, elections, inclusion, indigenous entrepreneurial and business class, political parties and cooperation among the countries of the South. It looks into the need to re-centre the sought state in the development process of the Southern countries after over two and a half decades of embracing neo-liberal policies and economic reforms that, rather than transform, sank the adjusted economies into deeper political, social and economic crises. It contends that the capacity of the state to overcome the market and democratic deficits resides with its democratic credentials. Finally, it suggests strategies that could lead to the rise of a democratic developmental state in the South.

Author : Gavin Williams
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0796920265

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Fragments of Democracy by Gavin Williams Pdf

Originally presented as a lecture, this occasional paper argues that definitions of democracy are incomplete and their meanings dependent on their historical context.

Author : Kidane Mengisteab,Cyril K. Daddieh
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015045979658

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State Building and Democratization in Africa by Kidane Mengisteab,Cyril K. Daddieh Pdf

State building and democratization in Africa rarely attract the attention they deserve. Few have grappled with the relationship between state building (nation-building) and democratic experiments in Africa. This collection consciously corrects this shortcoming in African political studies. Among the issues raised: Does democracy facilitate state building or does it exacerbate ethnic conflicts? Are certain modalities of democratization more likely to facilitate state-building than others? Has the era of democracy created the need for new state building strategies? Does the objective of state building require significant modifications in the essence and form of democracy? This collection combines theoretical explorations with empirical case studies. It looks at both anglophone and francophone countries of sub-Saharan Africa. While the contributors have written extensively on African issues, there is no consensus among the authors; most argue that integrating ethnic groups that already face discrimination and often are engaged in conflict requires compromise, political settlements, and new terms of incorporation into the state. These compromises, in turn, involve new arrangements in how democracy is perceived and instituted. An important collection for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with African political, social, and economic development.

Author : Abdalla Bujra,Said Adejumobi
Publisher : OSSREA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123138393

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Breaking Barriers, Creating New Hopes by Abdalla Bujra,Said Adejumobi Pdf

A study of Africa's current strides towards democracy, good governance and the interposition of the civil society in the process. The authors identify and delineates the phases of these processes and examine key theoretical and methodological issues of the governance project. Also includes analysis of hitherto neglected issues such as gender, pastoralism, ethnicity, constitutionalism, local governance, the economy and the African Union. Reviews six country case studies on progress so far: Botswana, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and Ethiopia.

Author : Richard A. Joseph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132375911

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Ghana and Democratic Development in Africa by Richard A. Joseph Pdf

Author : Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom,Michael Addaney,Lydia A. Nkansah
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 3031153960

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Democratic Governance, Law, and Development in Africa by Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom,Michael Addaney,Lydia A. Nkansah Pdf

This volume analyses democratic governance, the rule of law and development in Africa. It is unique and timely. First, the theme and sub-themes were carefully selected to solicit quality chapters from academics, practitioners and graduate students on topical and contemporary issues in constitutional law, human rights, and democratic governance in Africa. The chapters were subjected to a single-blind peer review by experts and scholars in the relevant fields to ensure that high quality submissions are included. Due to the dearth of knowledge and studies on the chosen thematic areas, the publication will remain relevant after several years due to the timeless themes it covers. In this regard, this edited volume audits the progress of democratic consolidation, rule of law and development in Ghana with selected case studies from other African countries. This book is intended for higher education institutions (universities, institutes and centres), public libraries, general academics, practitioners and students of law, democracy, human rights and political science, especially those interested in African affairs.

Author : Daniel T. Osabu-Kle
Publisher : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015049686697

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Compatible Cultural Democracy by Daniel T. Osabu-Kle Pdf

Introduction : variants of democratic practice -- The great transplantation -- The post-independence problem -- Typical African political systems -- Towards the modification of African political culture -- Ghana : tactical action, socialism and the military -- Nigeria : oil, coups, and ethnic war -- Kenya : settler ideology and the struggle for Majimbo -- Tanzania : Ujamaa, compulsion, and the freedom of association -- Somalia : experiments with democracy, military rule, and socialism -- Senegal : from French colonialism to the failure of partisan politics -- Rwanda : from success astroy to human disaster -- Congo (Kinshasa) : "a most lethal poison."

Author : Bingu wa Mutharika
Publisher : Sapes Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070501726

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One Africa, One Destiny by Bingu wa Mutharika Pdf