Title:
Voting for democracy : watershed elections in contemporary anglophone Africa
Author:
Szeftel, Morris.
ISBN:
9781855219960
Publication Information:
Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, c1999.
Physical Description:
ix, 273 p. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Leeds studies in democratization
Series Title:
Leeds studies in democratization
Contents:
1. Political Crisis and Democratic Renewal in Africa / Morris Szeftal -- 2. Electoral Systems and Democratization in Africa / Roger Southall -- 3. Electoral Corruption and Manipulation in Africa: the case for international monitoring / John Daniel and Roger Southall -- 4. The 1989 Elections and the Decolonization of Namibia / Lionel Cliffe and Donna Pankhurst -- 5. Democratization and the 1991 Elections in Zambia / Carolyn Baylies and Morris Szeftel -- 6. Kenya: The Survival of the Old Order / Rok Ajulu -- 7. Settling Old Scores: from authoritarianism to dependent democracy in Lesotho / Roger Southall -- 8. Blocked Transition in Nigeria: democracy and the power of oligarchy / Chudi Okoye -- 9. The Democratic Transition in Malawi: from single-party rule to a multi-party state / Diana Cammack -- 10. Choosing 'The Freedom to be Free': the South African general elections of 1994 / Roger Southall and Morris Szeftel.
11. Conclusion: false dawn or democratic opening? / John Daniel and Roger Southall.
Abstract:
"The essays in this book examine the context and conduct of a series of watershed elections held in Anglophone Africa in the first half of the 1990s. These elections crystallized a wider process of democratization, underway in much of sub-Saharan Africa during the last decade, in which attempts were made to shift from various forms of authoritarian rule (colonial or racial oligarchies, military regimes, one-party states, or presidential rule) to pluralist parliamentary politics. This volume brings together for the first time, studies of these events in countries sharing a comparable legacy of British colonialism, an acquaintance with the Westminster constitutional tradition, and related experiences of decolonization and democratic struggle."--BOOK JACKET.