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Author(s): Usman A. Tar
ISBN(s): 9781845116569, 1845116569
Edition: 1
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Year: 2008
Language: english
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ISBN 10:   1845116569

ISBN 13:  978-1845116569

Author:  Usman A. Tar

Since the late 1980s the changing dynamic of global development has driven the tide of democratic expansion in the developing world. In Africa, western donors have sought to impose ‘neo-liberal’ visions of socio-economic and political institution-building, spreading political reforms and economic liberalisation with far-reaching consequences. Associated with external interventions, but also sometimes conflicting with them, are internal protests against authoritarianism, which have problematically reinforced and/or undermined the donor agenda for democratic reform.Here, Usman Tar questions the assumption that Africa was lacking the essential components for a spontaneous transition to democracy. He explores the dynamic, but contradictory, links between external and internal dimensions of neo-liberal democratic expansion in Africa, focusing on Nigeria. Tar dissects the struggles for democracy, and for democratic policy and practice in a country with rich economic potential but a troubled political dispensation.
 

Table of contents: 

1 Global and Local Discourses: Civil Society and the Achievements of Democracy

2 External and Internal Dimensions of Democratic Expansion: Towards a Synergy

3 The Evolution of Civil Society: Contemporary Character and Democratic Potentials

4 Confrontations with the State: Labour Movements and Civic Associations

5 Civil Society and Electoral Process: From Illusion to Reality

6 Conclusion: A Critique of Neoliberal Democracy, the State and Civil Society

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