Continuity and Change in African Cultures
Author: William Russell Bascom
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 324
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jaimie Bleck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-11-29
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1108680623
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Democratic transitions in the early 1990s introduced a sea change in Sub-Saharan African politics. Between 1990 and 2015, several hundred competitive legislative and presidential elections were held in all but a handful of the region's countries. This book is the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the key issues, actors, and trends in these elections over the last quarter century. The book asks: what motivates African citizens to vote? What issues do candidates campaign on? How has the turn to regular elections promoted greater democracy? Has regular electoral competition made a difference for the welfare of citizens? The authors argue that regular elections have both caused significant changes in African politics and been influenced in turn by a rapidly changing continent - even if few of the political systems that now convene elections can be considered democratic, and even if many old features of African politics persist.
Author: William Russell Bascom
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 309
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Publisher: Books on Demand
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780608093802
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Russell Bascom
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Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780758126009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: T. Falola
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-08-20
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1137444134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.
Author: Melville Jean Herskovits
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 309
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