regime transitions in comparative perspectiveBratton, Michael.creatorVan de Walle, Nicolas1957-textbibliographyenkCambridge, U.KNew York, NY, USACambridge University Press�19971997monographiceng

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xvi, 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm."Efforts to install democracy in African countries are powerfully shaped by the continent's recent political and institutional legacies. In this book, Michael Bratton and Nicolas van de Walle analyze the significant political reforms undertaken by some 40 out of 47 sub-Saharan countries in the early 1990s, which included the first competitive elections in a generation. How can this wave of political liberalization be explained? Why did some countries complete a democratic transition, whereas others sustained only limited political reform or suffered authoritarian reversals? What are the long-term prospects for democracy in Africa? In the first study of its kind for sub-Saharan Africa, the authors propose systematic answers to these questions from a cross-national, comparative perspective and in the light of prevailing theories of democratization."--Jacket.Chapter 1. Approaches to democratization --- Chapter 2. Neopatrimonial rule in Africa --- Chapter 3. Africa's divergent transitions, 1990-94 --- Chapter 4. Explaining political protest --- Chapter 5. Explaining political liberalization --- Chapter 6. Explaining democratic transitions --- Chapter 7. The prospects for democracy ---- Conclusions: Comparative implications.Michael Bratton, Nicolas van de Walle.Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.fb----- Since 1960 fast DemocracyAfrica, Sub-SaharanSubsaharan Africa15.80 history of AfricaPolitics and governmentAfrica, Sub-SaharanPolitics and governmentJQ1879.A15 B72Bratton, Michael.Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, �1997(OCoLC)1246689942052155429297805215542990521556120978052155612596034865http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/96034865.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/96034865.htmlhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=007840210&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIAhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/228170478.pdfhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007840210&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIAhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam028/96034865.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/96034865.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/96034865.htmlhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=007840210&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIAhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/228170478.pdfhttp://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007840210&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIAhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam028/96034865.html96080720241217105521.0ocm35262370 eng