Political Reform In Francophone Africa
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Franc Zone
Franco-African Summit
Francophone Africa
Francophone African
Francophone African Countries
Francophone African States
Human Development Index
International Monetary Fund
Ivoirian Politics
John F. Clark
John Fru Ndi
John R. Heilbrunn
Joseph Takougang
La Baule
Lamine Gueye
Laura E. Boudon
Lucy Creevey
MDP
Myriam Gervais
national
opposition
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postcolonial governance
President Biya
Quasi Democracy
regime transition studies
Richard Vengroff
Robert J. Mundt
RPF
RPF Attack
RPF Leader
Samuel Decalo
Single Member Districts
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Sub-Saharan political change
Thomas O'Toole
Thomas Turner
Timothy Longman
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- ISBN 9780813327860
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Most African states experienced only a few fleeting years of democratic rule after independence before succumbing to authoritarianism. During the 1970s and 1980s, Africans and Westerners alike came to view dictatorship to be as much a part of the region’s social landscape as its grinding poverty. Yet the end of the Cold War and the sharpening of the economic crisis at the end of the 1980s have breathed new life into campaigns for democracy in Africa, shaking the foundations of many long-standing autocracies. In some cases, dramatic transitions took place, though the fate of the new democracies is far from certain. This volume explores the origins and evolution of political reform movements in several states of francophone Africa. The authors first make the case for the distinctiveness of francophone Africa, based on the influences of colonial history, language, and France’s contemporary role in Africa, then survey the challenges of reform, including the problems of transition from authoritarianism and consolidation of democratic regimes. Case studies of thirteen former French and Belgian colonies follow, organized by level of reform achieved: peaceful regime change, incremental reforms, repressed reform efforts, and reform in the midst of war.
John F. Clark is assistant professor of international relations at Florida International University. David E. Gardinier is professor of history at Marquette University. John F. Clark is assistant professor of international relations at Florida International University. David E. Gardinier is professor of history at Marquette University.
