The contributors to this book tackle an interesting mix of issues from a critique of opposition politics in the context of the economic decline in Africa to an assessment of the efforts made by the opposition to establish an effective presence under extremely difficult circumstances. The book also draws attention to the many internal organizational/leadership problems that have contributed as much to the weakness of the opposition as the machinations of the ruling parties. Ethnicity, religion and regionalism are identified as crucial factors militating against the opposition. Case studies are drawn from Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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The period since the end of the 1980s has witnessed a series of developments on the African continent suggesting a massive return to liberalised forms of politics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Mau Mau, General Abacha, Rift Valley, Cold War, World Bank, Young Turks, Third Republic, Abdou Diouf, General Babangida, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Oginga Odinga, Cambridge University Press, Cape Town, Freedom Charter, Uasin Gishu, United Democratic Front, Journal of Southern African Studies, Lynne Rienner, Africa Development, Cheikh Anta Diop, Third World, Ali Saibou, Council of Ministers, Cruise O'Brien New!
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The period since the end of the 1980s has witnessed a series of developments on the African continent suggesting a massive return to liberalised forms of politics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Mau Mau, General Abacha, Rift Valley, Cold War, World Bank, Young Turks, Third Republic, Abdou Diouf, General Babangida, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Oginga Odinga, Cambridge University Press, Cape Town, Freedom Charter, Uasin Gishu, United Democratic Front, Journal of Southern African Studies, Lynne Rienner, Africa Development, Cheikh Anta Diop, Third World, Ali Saibou, Council of Ministers, Cruise O'Brien New!
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- Challenges to the Nation-State in Africa by Abedayo Olukoshi on 4 pages
- Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries by Larry Diamond on page 193, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The New Struggle for Democracy in Africa by John A. Wiseman on page 38, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- African Studies in Social Movements and Democracy (Actes-Sud Papiers,) by Mahmood Mamdani on page 37, page 239, and Back Matter
- Governance and Politics in Africa by Goran Hyden on page 90, page 143, and Back Matter
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- The Changing Forms of Identity Politics in Nigeria under Economic Adjustment: The Case of the Oil Minorities Movement of the Niger Delta, Research Report No. 119 (NAI Research Reports) by Cyril I Obi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Corruption and Democratisation (Commonwealth and Comprative Politics) by Alan Doig on page 35
- Land, Labour and the Family in Southern Ghana: A Critique of Land Policy under Neo-Liberalisation, Research Report 116 (NAI Research Reports) by Kojo Sebastien Amanor in Back Matter
- Land Reform under Structural Adjustment in Zimbabwe: Land Use Change in the Mashonaland Provinces by Sam Moyo in Back Matter
- Redistribution From Above: The Politics of Land Rights and Squatting in Coastal Kenya, Research Report No 115 (NAI Research Reports) by Karuti Kanyinga in Back Matter
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