Compatible Cultural Democracy
Author | : Daniel T. Osabu-Kle |
Publisher | : Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2000-03 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015049686697 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Introduction : variants of democratic practice -- The great transplantation -- The post-independence problem -- Typical African political systems -- Towards the modification of African political culture -- Ghana : tactical action, socialism and the military -- Nigeria : oil, coups, and ethnic war -- Kenya : settler ideology and the struggle for Majimbo -- Tanzania : Ujamaa, compulsion, and the freedom of association -- Somalia : experiments with democracy, military rule, and socialism -- Senegal : from French colonialism to the failure of partisan politics -- Rwanda : from success astroy to human disaster -- Congo (Kinshasa) : "a most lethal poison."