The Role of Civil Society in Africa’s Quest for Democratization

• Main Author: Ibrahim, Abadir M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, 5
• Subjects: Political science.; Comparative politics.; Public administration.; Development economics.; Political Science and International Relations.; Comparative Politics.; Public Administration.; Development Economics.

This book tests many of the assumptions, hypotheses, and conclusions connected with the presumed role of civil society organizations in the democratization of African countries. Taking a comparative approach, it looks at countries that have successfully democratized, those that are stuck between pro...