The Challenge of Institutionalizing Civilian Control: Botswana, Ivory Coast, and Kenya in Comparative Perspective

by Boubacar N'Diaye

Assessing three of the most enduring civilian regimes in Africa-Botswana, Kenya, and, until the December 1999 coup, the Ivory Coast-Boubacar N'Diaye focuses on the role of civilian regimes in the institutionalization of civilian control. The author warns that only government legitimacy and a culture of genuine military professionalism are likely to assure civilian control of the military. N'Diaye calls for a bold conceptual shift in the study of African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739102397
• ISBN13: 9780739102398
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"