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Author:   Rita Kiki Edozie ,  Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
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9780761841425

ISBN 10:   0761841423
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   12 December 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"1 Introduction: Re-representing Africa's Third Wave in Comparative Democratic Theory Chapter 2 Chapter 1: Africa in Democratic Waves: Theoretical Considerations and Issues Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Meaning of Democracy in Africa: Ideas in Social Construction Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Establishing Modern Democracy: The Global Second Wave and De-colonization Chapter 5 Chapter 4: Africa's Third Wave of Democracy: From Post-World War II ""Uhurus"" to Post-Cold War ""Sopis"" Chapter 6 Chapter 5: Post-Cold War Pluralist Democracy: Freedom and Human RIghts in a Global Democratic Era Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Electoral Authoritarians and Delegative Democrats: Reconstructing Democratic Consolidation in Africa Chapter 8 Chapter 7: Democratic Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy: Democracy and Development 9 Conclusion: Predicting the Future for Democracy in Africa"

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Rita Kiki Edozie, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor in International Relations at Michigan State University. She has held appointments as the Deputy Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and visiting assistant professor with the department of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. She is the author of People Power and Democracy: The Popular Movement Against Military Despotism in Nigeria, 1989-1999. She has published 'Promoting African Owned and Operated Development: Reflections on the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)' in African and Asian Studies and 'Third World Democracies: Learning From Each Other' in the ATWS-Journal of Third World Studies and has contributed book chapters to several edited volumes.

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