The questions of the possibility of and the need for an African theory of democracy have been controversial in African intellectual discourse. Many African political scholars, politicians and indeed contemporary African states seem to have resolved that aping alien theoretical models and practices of democracy is the most appealing option for Africa. Others have felt the need and made claims for the adoption of Africa’s democratic heritage and values, which are rooted in her traditional past, in order to resolve Africa’sown kind of peculiar problems. While such approaches may be well observed, this article argues that it is important to ask whether the persistent failure of democracy in African states is also related to African political cu...
Abstract This article is focused on major issues surrounding the dynamic development of contemporary...
Following Ferdinand Tönnies’ distinction between community and society which could be translated als...
This Discussion Paper provides a thought-provoking and radical intervention into the ongoing debates...
This paper argues that there is a general absence of democratic theory in African political scholars...
The western model of democracy is considered by many Africans to be extremely narrow and even alien ...
The current discussion on democratization in Africa tends towards Eurocentrism in that it pays ins...
According to the 2009 African Governance Report (AGR II), by the United Nations Economic Commission ...
This paper presents a critique of current conceptualizations of democracy in Africa by tracing their...
Democracy in Africa has been threatened by a lot of problems such as terrorism, violence, ethnicity,...
The prospects of democracy in Africa is the central concern of this study. The factors that contribu...
The role of democracy in societal transformation and nation-building in Sub-Saharan Africa has been ...
Political representation as a central component of democratic governance is a key challenge in the A...
Discusses the conceptual framework for analyzing African democratic principles. Definition of democr...
Democracy. political culture and plural societies. A comparative approach based on african situatio...
The crises of democratisation in Africa have not been properly focused on in its primacy, the econom...
Abstract This article is focused on major issues surrounding the dynamic development of contemporary...
Following Ferdinand Tönnies’ distinction between community and society which could be translated als...
This Discussion Paper provides a thought-provoking and radical intervention into the ongoing debates...
This paper argues that there is a general absence of democratic theory in African political scholars...
The western model of democracy is considered by many Africans to be extremely narrow and even alien ...
The current discussion on democratization in Africa tends towards Eurocentrism in that it pays ins...
According to the 2009 African Governance Report (AGR II), by the United Nations Economic Commission ...
This paper presents a critique of current conceptualizations of democracy in Africa by tracing their...
Democracy in Africa has been threatened by a lot of problems such as terrorism, violence, ethnicity,...
The prospects of democracy in Africa is the central concern of this study. The factors that contribu...
The role of democracy in societal transformation and nation-building in Sub-Saharan Africa has been ...
Political representation as a central component of democratic governance is a key challenge in the A...
Discusses the conceptual framework for analyzing African democratic principles. Definition of democr...
Democracy. political culture and plural societies. A comparative approach based on african situatio...
The crises of democratisation in Africa have not been properly focused on in its primacy, the econom...
Abstract This article is focused on major issues surrounding the dynamic development of contemporary...
Following Ferdinand Tönnies’ distinction between community and society which could be translated als...
This Discussion Paper provides a thought-provoking and radical intervention into the ongoing debates...