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The Paradox of Third-Wave Democratization in Africa

The Gambia under AFPRC-APRC Rule, 1994-2008

von: Abdoulaye Saine
CHF 48.00
Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	16.03.2009
ISBN/EAN:	9780739135044
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	198

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Titelbeschreibung

This book is about the dilemma(s) of 'third-wave' 'democratization' in Africa. It teases out the general proposition that while the market is a necessary ingredient for development, it is not by itself a sufficient condition for prosperity_the state's role, policy framework, and leadership also matter. Using a counter-example, the book contends that in a poor governance environment, gross human rights violations result in poor economic performance and failure by repressive governments to provide basic needs for the poor in society. While this study is concerned primarily with The Gambia, it nonetheless has a lot to say about Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and other countries in the continent caught in the paralysis of externally driven political and economic transitions and globalization. Locating countries undergoing liberalization and democratization within the global economy_as well as their peripheral status within it_is important, as patterns of contemporary globalization are highly asymmetrical and often associated with a democratic deficit. Consequently, some groups, classes, and states enjoy numerous political and economic freedoms foreign to the vast majority of humanity, which lives in oppressive living conditions. The Paradox of Third-Wave Democratization in Africa is also a comprehensive account of the historical, political, and economic events since the onset of military and quasi-military rule in this West African mini-state of 1.5 million, once the longest surviving functioning democracy in Africa. Predictably, the book is about former President Dawda Jawara as much as it is about soldier-turned-president Yahya Jammeh, who in the last fourteen years has dominated the country's political and economic landscape. In the end, the book posits that various attempts to improve living standards of ordinary Gambians and Africans by client regimes using foisted conventional market-driven economic models alone are not likely to succeed until they are predicated on a basic-needs economic strategy and organically spawned political structures. Finally, the book highlights transnational political and economic ties Diaspora Gambians have established with The Gambia and their attempts to both shape and nudge politics in the second republic in a more democratic direction.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This book is concerned primarily with political and economic events in Africa and The Gambia, especially between the 1994 coup d'etat and 2008. Significantly, it proffers policy recommendations to position this small but potentially rich country to leverage economic globalization to benefit the poor. Readily comprehensible to specialists and laypersons alike, this book is written by a scholar who has gained considerable respect, both in The Gambia and internationally, for his dispassionate analysis of events unfolding in his country of birth.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction
 Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework
 Chapter 3. The July 1994 coup and the AFPRC Transition Program
 Chapter 4. The 2001 Presidential Election
 Chapter 5. The National Security State
 Chapter 6. Human Rights: 1994-2008
 Chapter 7. AFPRC/APRC Domestic and Foreign Economic Policies
 Chapter 8. The 2006 Presidential Election: Change or Continuity
 Chapter 9. Policy Issues
 Chapter 10. Concluding Remarks

Autorenportrait

Abdoulaye Saine is associate professor of political science at Miami University of Ohio and co-author of Not Yet Democracy: West Africa's Slow Farewell to Authoritarianism.

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