Democratic Renewal in Africa: Trends and Discourses [Hardcover]

Since the 1980s, democratic struggles have triggered constitutional reforms, elections, and other forms of political progress. This comprehensive volume offers refreshing perspectives on Africa's democratic renewal and will open up dialogue on the trends and trajectory of Africa's democratic future.1. Democratic Renewal in Africa: Trends and Lessons Learned; Said Adejumobi 2. Assessing Trends in African Democratization: Methods and Challenges; Abdul Raufu Mustapha 3. Beyond Authoritarianism: Elections and the Changing Dynamics of State- Society Relations in Africa; Said Adejumobi 4. The Origin of African Constitutions, Elusive Constitutionalism and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy; Tukumbi Lumumba Kasongo 5. Africa's Long Road to Constitutionalism and Democracy: Two Decades on; Andre Mangu 6. Towards a People Driven Constitution: Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges of the Kenyan Experience; Kibet A. Ngetich 7. The Political Economy of Corruption in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse; Said Adejumobi 8. Regional Organizations and Democratization in Africa: The ECOWAS Experience; Kehinde A. Bolaji

This is a landmark study of the conception, application, and outcome of democratization in Africa since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The eight essays edited and summarized by Said Adejumobi provide a compulsory reading for all students of current African affairs, giving a critical evaluation of the problems democracy faces in Africa during the present conjuncture, and the questions worth raising to understand it better. - P. Anyang' Nyong'o, former Secretary General of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS), former Minister of Economic Planing and also Health Services in Kenya, and former Secretary General of the ODM Party in Kenya