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Title: | Culture and democracy in West Africa: some persistent problems |
Author: | Owusu, Maxwell |
Year: | 1971 |
Periodical: | Africa Today |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 68-76 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | English-speaking Africa West Africa |
Subjects: | traditions parliamentary systems |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4185145 |
Abstract: | Central theme: the relationship of West African socio-cultures to political democracy. Drawing on experiences in Ghana and Nigeria, the author discusses the interaction between typical West African beliefs and notions about prestige, status mobility and authority on the one hand, and socio-economic and political behaviour on the other: Traditional political systems and modern democratic systems - Confusion and rhetoric in the struggle for democracy - Political democracy, culture, and economy - Status mobility, authority, and democracy - Status and work - Status, obedience, and authoritarianism - Face-to-face relations, individualism and democracy - Democracy and socio-cultural change. Ref. |