The Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa The Continuing Struggle

Subjects:

• Political Science » Comparative Politics
• Multicultural Studies » African Studies

Reviews:

• The essays are carefully written and documented and cover a comprehensive range of issues: globalization, economic strategies for growth, constitutionalism, a doctrine of democratization, role of the military, role of women, human rights, ethnicity, environment, HIV/AIDS, opposition politics, and rural development. This is an ambitious undertaking as the authors seek ways to deal with reconstruction of African governments. Readers may not agree with many of the interpretations or solutions, but they will certainly be challenged to discuss and debate many of the essays. Excellent bibliography and index. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers.
  —Choice January 2004

Table of Contents:

• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms
• Introduction: Issues in Africa's Political Adjustment in the "New" Global Era by John Mukum Mbaku and Julis O. Ihonvbere
• A Balance Sheet of Africa's Transition to Democratic Governance by Julius O. Ihonvbere
• Globalization and Democratization in Africa: Problems and Prospects by Kelechi A. Kalu
• Economic Transformation and Governance in Africa: Strategies for Recovery, Growth, and Development by George B. N. Ayittey
• Constitutionalism and the Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa by John Mukum Mbaku
• Constitutions Without Constitutionalism? Toward a New Doctrine of Democratization in Africa by Julius O. Ihonvbere
• Keeping the African Military at Bay: Current Trends in Civil-Military Relations by Pita Ogaba Agbese
• Constitutionalism and the African Military: Contemporary Constitutional Strategies to Domesticate the African Military by Julius O. Ihonvbere
• Women and the Democratization Process in Africa by Felix K. Ekechi
• The Mass Media and Democratization in Africa: Lessons from Cameroon by Charles Manga Fombad
• Political Restructuring, Civil Society, and Governance in Africa: The Politics of Integrated Rural Development in Nigeria by Olufemi Vaughan
• Democracy, Human Rights and Democratization in Africa by Joseph Takougang
• Ethnicity and Democratization in Africa by Eghosa E. Osaghae
• Property Rights and Environmental Sustainability in Africa by John Mukum Mbaku
• Democracy, Public Policy, and the Intervention Imperative Towards HIV/AIDS in Africa by Kempe Ronald Hope Sr.
• In Search of Democratization Middle Grounds: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective by Eghosa E. Osaghae
• The Opportunities and Limitations of Opposition Politics in Africa: The SDF and Opposition Alliances by Julius O. Ihonvbere, John Mukum Mbaku, and Joseph Takougang
• Africa in the 21st Century: Globalization and the Opportunities by Julius O. Ihonvbere and John Mukum Mbaku
• Selected Bibliography
• Index