EAN: 9783319183824

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This book tests many of the assumptions hypotheses and conclusions connected with the presumed role of civil society organizations in the democratization of African countries. Taking a comparative approach it looks at countries that have successfully democratized those that are stuck between progress and regression those that have regressed into dictatorship and those that are currently in transitional flux and evaluates what role if any civil society has played in each instance. The countries discussed¿South Africa Ghana Nigeria Ethiopia Egypt and Tunisiärepresent a diverse set of social and political circumstances and different levels of democratic achievement providing a rich set of case studies. Each sample state also offers an internal comparison as each has historically experienced different stages of democratization. Along the course of each case study the book also considers the effect that other traditionally studied factors such as culture colonization economic development and foreign aid may have had on individual attempts at democratization. The first extensive work on civil society and democratization in Africa the book adds new insights to the applicability of democratization theory in a non-Western context both filling a gap in and adding to the existing universal scholarship. This book will be useful for scholars of political science economics sociology and African studies as well as human rights activists and policy makers in the relevant geographical areas.

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