TY - BOOK ID - 664028 TI - Democracy in Africa PY - 2015 VL - 9 SN - 9780521191128 9780521138420 9781139030892 0521191122 0521138426 1139030892 1316233812 131623570X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Political systems KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Democracy KW - Democratization KW - Political parties KW - Elections KW - Political participation KW - Démocratie KW - Démocratisation KW - Partis politiques KW - Participation politique KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Africa KW - Afrique KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Transition démocratique KW - Afrique noire KW - #SBIB:328H41 KW - #SBIB:96G KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - Parties, Political KW - Party systems, Political KW - Political party systems KW - Divided government KW - Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) KW - Political conventions KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - New democracies KW - Self-government KW - Equality KW - Republics KW - History. KW - Instellingen en beleid: Afrika: comparatief / diverse landen KW - Geschiedenis van Afrika KW - Démocratie KW - Démocratisation KW - Histoire. KW - Afrique subsaharienne KW - Democracy - Africa - History KW - Democratization - Africa - History KW - Political parties - Africa - History KW - Elections - Africa - History KW - Political participation - Africa KW - Africa - Politics and government - 1960 KW - -Africa - Politics and government - 1945-1960 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:664028 AB - This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design political systems that manage ethnic diversity, and why democratic governments often make bad policy decisions. Beginning in the colonial period with the introduction of multi-party elections and ending in 2013 with the collapse of democracy in Mali and South Sudan, the book describes the rise of authoritarian states in the 1970s; the attempts of trade unions and some religious groups to check the abuse of power in the 1980s; the remarkable return of multiparty politics in the 1990s; and finally, the tragic tendency for elections to exacerbate corruption and violence. ER -