Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2025

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Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2025 is written by Corrado Tornimbeni and published by James Currey. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1847014291 (ISBN 10) and 9781847014290 (ISBN 13).

Is democracy surviving in Africa? In the face of unmet expectations for greater freedom, social justice, and inclusive development, an increasing authoritarianism can be seen across the continent, despite the continuance of multiparty elections.Although most African states continue to use some form of multiparty elections according to the formal rules of liberal democracy, the reality is that people's expectations for greater freedom, social justice, and inclusive development have not been met. The result is a growing number of African states where power relations are increasingly authoritarian - a trend seen in the West as well. Bringing together contributors from Africa, Europe, and North America, this volume seeks to analyze democracy in sub-Saharan Africa beyond the mere examination of the elements that determine its impasse, the political factors that hinder the proper functioning of democratic institutions or even the models through which a country's level of democratic status is "indexed." Instead, the goal is to address current states of "democracy" in Africa within a larger, global history. Given the post-colonial histories of most African nations, the current demise of democratic governments on the continent cannot be interpreted as a new phenomenon without precedent. The volume presents a longer-view perspective to explain more specifically how history can explain the current crises in democracy and development, exploring how negotiations between external and internal interests have always contested their meanings in Africa, and arguing that these struggles continue to create new conditions for new democratic spaces.