The Rise of Multipartyism and Democracy in the Context of Global Change: The Case of Africa

by Tukumbi Lumumba Kasongo and Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo

Lumumba-Kasongo examines those forces that contributed to the fate of multiparty democracy in Africa. The forces include the state, political parties, ethnicity, nationalism, religion, underdevelopment, and the global market.

Multipartyism in Africa is not necessarily democratic. However, the processes toward multipartyism can produce democratic discourses if they can be transformed by popular and social movements. As the author points out,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275960870
• ISBN13: 9780275960872
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"