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Democratization in the South
List of tables and figures.
Governing Insecurity
The authors of this volume explore the challenges of establishing democratic accountability and control over the military and other security establishments in countries which have either been the victims of authoritarian military rule or wracked by violent internal conflict. The book examines both successful democratic transitions and failed ones. A wide range of cases is covered, including Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, the Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. The possible role of regional interventions and institutions, notably in West Africa and the Balkans, is also examined.
Can Democracy be Designed?
Constitution-making for democracy has always been a highly political and contested process. It has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts attempt to build democratic institutions that will foster peace and stability in countries torn by violent conflict. The extended investigation out of which this book has grown has ranged across three continents. It has examined such apparently intractable cases as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka and Fiji, as well as apparent 'success stories' like South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. Three groups of questions are explored: * How and by whom were democratic institutions (re)designed? * How have they functioned in pract...
The Nigerian Military
An account of the Nigerian military coups of 1966 in which the author discusses both the events themselves and their sociological background.
The Nigerian Military
An account of the Nigerian military coups of 1966 in which the author discusses both the events themselves and their sociological background.
Democratic Institutions and Politics in Contexts of Inequality, Poverty, and Conflict
Focuses on four contemporary debates about democracy, namely: what does democracy mean, how far do democratic values and institutions penetrate society; how far do democracies provide conditions for effective anti-poverty policies, and now far do they help resolve, or provoke, new forms of conflict.
