Democratization in Late Twentieth-Century Africa: Coping with Uncertainty

by Jean-Germain Gros

Few would disagree that since 1990 Sub-Saharan Africa has undergone a process of political transformation. Where one-party systems once stood, multi-parties are now dominant; where heads of state once ruled autocratically, open elections have emerged. In this study, both African and non-African scholars take a critical look at the evolution and contradictions of democratization in seven African nations: Malawi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313307938
• ISBN13: 9780313307935
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"