Democracy and Socialism in Africa

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After independence many African countries abjured conventional patterns of political representation and democratic participation in the interest of creating a unified state and promoting economic development. Today, however, the dominant models of one-party democracy and African socialism are in terminal collapse as a result of internal pressures and the influence of political changes taking place in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Throughout Africa, especially in South Africa, the old Left has been slowly ...
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After independence many African countries abjured conventional patterns of political representation and democratic participation in the interest of creating a unified state and promoting economic development. Today, however, the dominant models of one-party democracy and African socialism are in terminal collapse as a result of internal pressures and the influence of political changes taking place in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Throughout Africa, especially in South Africa, the old Left has been slowly forced to abandon its belief in democratic centralism in favor of a more pluralistic vision of the future. In this volume of provocative essays, leading scholars from Africa, Europe, and the United States examine the extent to which popular demands for democracy are both subverting and enriching the postcolonial order in Africa. The contributors explore a wide range of topics, including economic democracy, the state and civil society, the impact of the economic crisis on women, and agrarian reform. Theoretical chapters are followed by case studies of the prospects for democracy in South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, the Sudan, Botswana, and the southern African region. This book will be indispensable for those seeking to understand Africa's future in the world order.
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Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
About the Contributors
1 Introduction: Socialism or Democracy, Socialism and Democracy 1
Pt. 1 Controversies
2 Economic Democracy, Socialism, and the "Market" 15
3 The State, Civil Society, and Democracy in Africa: Some Theoretical Issues 34
4 Taking Democracy Seriously: Democracy-Bureaucracy Relations 53
5 Democracy and the Agrarian Question in Africa: Reflections on the Politics of States and the Representation of Peasants' and Women's Interests 70
6 Discourses of Democracy in the South African Left: A Critical Commentary 93
Pt. 2 Cases
7 The National Resistance Movement, "Grassroots Democracy," and Dictatorship in Uganda 125
8 Inching Towards Democracy: The Ghanaian "Revolution," the International Monetary Fund, and the Politics of the Possible 142
9 Pastoralists, Socialism, and Democracy: The Sudanese Experience 165
10 The Peasantariat, Politics, and Democracy in Botswana 180
11 Gender, Participation, and Radicalism in African Nationalism: Its Contemporary Significance 199
12 Beyond the Nation-State? Democracy in the Regional Economic Context 216
13 Conclusion: The Future of Democracy in Africa 229
References 243
About the Book and Editors 259
Index 261
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