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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.
Contents
Chapter 1: "The times and challenges of democracy and development in Sub-Saharan Africa" by Corrado Tornimbeni, Timothy Scarnecchia, and Arrigo Pallotti
Chapter 2: "History, Democratic Theory, and Democratization in Africa" by Mamoudou Gazibo
Chapter 3: "Ethiopia's 'Inclusive Autocracy': Crumbling or Transforming?" by Lovise Aalen
Chapter 4: "The alternatives to democracy: Populist-nationalism and elitist-developmentalism in Côte d'Ivoire" by Christof Hartmann
Chapter 5: "The long and winding road to a dead end? Three-plus decades of democratic work in Niger" by Leonardo A. Villalón
Chapter 6: "The Nigerian Illustration of Under-Developmental Democracy" by V. Adefemi Isumonah
Chapter 7: "Between the shadow of the past and the contradictions of the present: the uncertain democratization process in Tanzania" by Arrigo Pallotti
Chapter 8: "Progress and Stagnation: The Story of Zambia's Democracy" by Marja Hinfelaar and O'Brien Kaaba
Chapter 9: "Did Democracy ever have a chance in Zimbabwe? Performative democracy within a militarized state, 2000-2025" by Timothy Scarnecchia
Chapter 10: "FRELIMO's hegemony in question: an historical perspective on power, development and democracy in Mozambique" by Corrado Tornimbeni
Chapter 11: "Democracy evolving on a jagged curve - South Africa's one-party dominance within multiparty democracy and coalition governance" by Susan Booysen
Chapter 12: "From "Donor Democracy" to Authocracy or Regime Diversity? Prospects for Democratisation in Africa" by Pádraig Carmody
