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| Title: | Democratic transition and democratization in francophone Africa |
| Author: | Nwokedi, Emeka |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Periodical: | Verfassung und Recht in Übersee |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 399-436 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | French-speaking Africa Subsaharan Africa |
| Subjects: | political systems democracy |
| Abstract: | Some dominant interpretations of African politics affirm the emasculation of civil society by the authoritarian one-party State and the military dictatorships rampant on the continent. The mass protests from civil society in favour of political liberalization in sub-Saharan Africa from 1989 on necessitate a reexamination of State-civil society relations. The focus of this essay is on sub-Saharan French-speaking States. The following questions are examined: What accounts for the high incidence of vehemence between the State and civil society in the quest for democratization in these States? Why is the use of the national conference as a mechanism for democratic transition exclusive to this group of States, that is, some of them? Against the background of the overall rationale for democratization, would a comparative analysis of the transition process in these States reveal a significant shift in their regime types? What does all this portend for socioeconomic development in the States concerned? While the democratic transition within this group of countries has faced undisguised imponderables from those in power, the overall evidence suggests that the foundation for further democratization has been laid in the States which have achieved either full or partial transition. Notes, ref., sum. (p. 361). |
