A few considerations on democracy in Africa

International Affairs

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-303

  Chabal, Patrick ^a  

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EID: 0039657303     PISSN: 00205850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2346.00017     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. I exclude from this article consideration of South Africa on the grounds that its history is too distinct from that of the rest of colonial black Africa to justify comparative treatment at this stage.
2. A useful summary of the literature published on democratic transitions in Africa will be found in Rob Buijtenhuijs and Elly Rijnierse, Democratization in sub-Saharan Africa, 1989-1992: an overview of the literature (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 1993) and Rob Buijtenhuijs and Céline Thiriot, Démocratisation en Afrique au sud du Sahara, 1992-1995: un bilan de la littérature (Leiden: African Studies Centre/Bordeaux: CEAN, 1995).
3. A useful summary of the literature published on democratic transitions in Africa will be found in Rob Buijtenhuijs and Elly Rijnierse, Democratization in sub-Saharan Africa, 1989-1992: an overview of the literature (Leiden: African Studies Centre, 1993) and Rob Buijtenhuijs and Céline Thiriot, Démocratisation en Afrique au sud du Sahara, 1992-1995: un bilan de la littérature (Leiden: African Studies Centre/Bordeaux: CEAN, 1995).
4. Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de Walle, Democratic experiments in Africa: regime transitions in comparative perspective (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), p. 120.
5. In some instances they appear ready to support or condone unconstitutional regime changes (e.g. coups) which, typically, promise to reduce corruption and inequalities.