African politics : beyond the third wave of democratisation

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Title:

Author:

Pretorius, Joelien.

ISBN:

9780702177361

Publication Information:

Cape Town, South Africa : Juta, 2008.

Physical Description:

230 p. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Comprises nine of the papers presented at the 3rd biennial conference of the South African Political Studies Association, held in September 2006--Forew.

Contents:

The need for post-third wave conversations / Joelien Pretorius -- The feasibility of a union government and a United States of Africa : dilemmas of political integration and democratisation / Khabele Matlosa -- From importer to exporter : the changing role of Nigeria in promoting democratic values in Africa / J. Shola Omotola -- The Afrikaner Broederbond : from 'Devil of Apartheid' to an actor of change in the transformation process of South Africa? / Annette Knecht -- The impact of HIV/AIDS on the electoral process in Africa / Kondwani Chirambo -- A silent revolution : South African voters during the first ten years of democracy, 1994-2004 / Collette Schulz-Herzenberg -- The ANC 'Leadership crisis' and the age of populism in post-apartheid South Africa / Ralph Mathekga -- Crafting new democratic spaces : participatory policy-making in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Imraan Buccus and Janine Hicks -- The politics of social change and the transition to democratic governance : community participation in post-apartheid South Africa / John J. Williams -- Mother and slaughter: a comparative analysis of the female terrorist in the LRA and FARC / Suzanne Graham.

Subject Term:

Democracy -- South Africa -- Congresses.

Geographic Term:

Africa -- Politics and government -- Congresses.

Added Author:

Pretorius, Joelien.

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Summary

In 1991 Samuel Huntington published "The Third Wave: Democratisation in the Late Twentieth Century". The book informed much of the scholarly work on democratisation in Africa. Although comprehensive in classifying the causes and limitations of transitions to democracy, "The Third Wave" was also limited in its definition of democracy and expectations of a new democracy. This volume engages with the topics of democracy and democratisation in contemporary African politics at the local, national and continental level. It acknowledges a conceptual debt to Huntington when discussing elections, party systems, leadership and the development of continental norms of liberal democracy, but also highlights new conversations (eg: about participatory spaces) that go beyond the Third Wave.