Introduction / Hussein Solomon and Ian Liebenberg -- 1. Democracy versus State: The African Dilemma? / Irina Filatova -- 2. Africa's Constitutional Renaissance? Stocktaking in the '90s / Clive Napier -- 3. The Consolidation of Democracy - Debate in Africa: Challenges for the Civil Community / Ian Liebenberg -- 4. The Changing Roles of Civil Society in African Democratisation Processes / Elke Zuern -- 5. Civil-Military Relations in Africa: Soldier, State and Society in Transition / Mark Malan -- 6. Gender, Development and Democracy / Linda Cornwell -- 7. Globalisation and Dominant Discourses / Petrus de Kock -- 8. Human Rights and the Consolidation of Democracy in South Africa / Mandla Seleoane -- 9. Sharing Power?: Intergovernmental Relations in Democratic Transitions / Robert Agranoff, Jabu Sindane and Ian Liebenberg -- 10. Conclusion / Hussein Solomon and Ian Liebenberg -- App. Ninety-two Days in the Life of a Continent.