Democracy in Africa:

Successes, Failures and the

Struggle for Political Reform

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Democratization against the odds

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 Chapter One
Fragments of democracy:
Participation & control in authoritarian Africa

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 Chapter Two:
Cultures of resistance:
Civil society & the limits of power

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 Chapter Three
The second liberation:
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 Chapter Four:
Exporting elections:
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 Chapter Five
Subverting democracy:
The advantages of incumbency & the politics of violence

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