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The anthropology of anger civil society and democracy in Africa

Many scholars have argued that the ongoing democratization process in Africa is doomed to fail because the political reforms have been essentially imposed by external donors. Others have challenged the very roots of the current changes, alleging that Africa needs cultural and economic adjustments be...

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Main Author: Monga, Célestin
Other Authors: Fleck, Linda L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. Lynne Rienner Publishers 1996
Subjects:
Democracy > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Civil society > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Representative government and representation > Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Politics and government > 1960-
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social conditions > 1960-
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Table of Contents:
  • The Need for Some Alternative Ideas
  • How Africa Fits into Democratic Theory
  • Changing Identities: Memory, Culture, and Revolt
  • The Emergence of New Patterns of Free Expression
  • Democracy and the Politics of the Sacred
  • Civil Society and Public Sphere: The New Stakeholders
  • A Theory of Disenchantment and Violence: Rwanda and Other Tragedies

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