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The democratic experiment in Africa has had a chequered history over the 1990's. Authors in this volume argue that African civil society is less likely to support democracy, they measure African democracy by the women's rights movements and unravel the mythical hope of technology.

Democracy --- Africa --- Democratization --- Civil society

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What is the cumulative impact of the immense social, economic, and political changes that Africa has undergone in recent decades? What opportunities do those changes present to improve the lives of the continent's citizens? Countering the prevailing mood of pessimism in the face of disappointed expectations, the authors of Governing Africa's Changing Societies demonstrate the significance of even incomplete reforms in the areas of competitive elections and democratization, gender relations, property rights, the public sector, and privatization, among others. In the aggregate, their work reveals how seemingly small or sluggish changes are accumulating to fundamentally, and positively, transform Africa's governance environment.

Africa, Sub-Saharan --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 1960-. --- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-. --- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 1960-. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.