Africa Democracy

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Amin, Samir. "The Issue of Democracy in the Third World." In Academic Freedom in Africa, edited by Mahmood Mamdani and Mamadou Diouf. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria, 1994.

An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed. Indigenous African Institutions. New York: Ardsley-on-Hudson, 1991.

——. Toward an Islamic Reformation: Civil Liberties, Human Rights, and International Law. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1990.

Ayittey, George B. N. Africa in Chaos. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Bielefeldt, Heiner. "'Western' versus 'Islamic' Human Rights Conceptions? A Critique of Cultural Essentialism in the Discussion on Human Rights." Political Theory 28, no. 1 (2000): 90–121.

Bratton, Michael, and Nicolas van de Walle. Democratic Experiments in Africa: Regime Transitions in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Chabal, Patrick. "A Few Considerations on Democracy in Africa." International Affairs 74, no. 2 (1998): 289–303.

Cowen, Michael, and Liisa Laakso, eds. Multi-Party Elections in Africa. Oxford: James Currey, 2002.

Eyoh, Dickson. "From Economic Crisis to Political Liberalization: Pitfalls of the New Political Sociology for Africa." African Studies Review 39, no. 3 (1999): 43–80.

Ibrahim, Jibrin. "Democratic Transition in Africa: The Challenge of a New Agenda—Concluding Remarks." In Democratization Processes in Africa, edited by Eshetu Chole and Jibrin Ibrahim. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria, 1995.

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Ihonvbere, Julius O., and John M. Mbaku, eds. Political Liberalization and Democratization in Africa: Lessons from Country Experiences. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003.

Imam, Ayesha. "The Muslim Religious Right (Fundamentalists) and Sexuality: Women Living under Muslim Laws." Dossier 17 (1997): 7–25.

——. "The Place of Women under Sharia." CRP/FNS Lagos (2000): 16–31.

Joseph, Richard. "Democratization in Africa after 1989: Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives." Comparative Politics 29, no. 3 (1997): 363–382.

Makinda, Samuel M. "Democracy and Multi-Party Politics in Africa." Journal of Modern African Studies 34, no. 4 (1996): 555–573.

Mama, Amina. "Challenging Subjects: Gender, Power, and Identity in African Contexts." Research and Action Report 23, no. 2 (2002): 6–15.

——. "Feminism or Femocracy? State Feminism and Democratization in Nigeria." In Expanding Democratic Space in Nigeria, edited by Jibrin Ibrahim, 63–80. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria, 1997.

Mamdani, Mahmood. "Africa: Democratic Theory and Democratic Struggles." Dissent 39 (1992): 312–318.

——. Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1996.

Mazrui, Ali A. "African Islam and Competitive Religion: Between Revivalism and Expansion." Third World Quarterly 10, no. 2 (1988): 499–518.

Mbaku, John M., and Julius O. Ihonvbere, eds. The Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa: The Continuing Struggle. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003.

Mengisteab, Kidane, and Cyril Daddieh, eds. State-Building and Democratization in Africa: Faith, Hope, and Realities. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1999.

Mkandawire, P. Thandika. Thinking about Developmental States in Africa. Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations, 1998.

Nyong'o, Peter Anyang'. "Discourses on Democracy in Africa." In Democratization Processes in Africa: Problems and Prospects, edited by Eshetu Chole and Jibrin Ibrahim. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria, 1995.

——. Popular Struggles for Democracy in Africa. London: Zed, 1987.

Olsen, Girm Rye. "Europe and the Promotion of Democracy in Post Cold War Africa: How Serious Is Europe and for What Reason?" African Affairs 97, no. 388 (1998): 343–367.

Olukoshi, Adebayo O. "Africa: Democratizing under Conditions of Economic Stagnation." Paper presented at Codesria Eighth General Assembly, Dakar, Senegal, June 26–July 2, 1995.

——. "Democratization, Globalization, and Effective Policy-making in Africa." In The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus?, edited by Charles C. Soludo, Osita Ogbu, and Ha-Joon Chang. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World; Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 2004.

Owusu, Maxwell. "Democracy and Africa: A View from the Village." Journal of Modern African Studies 30 (1992): 369–396.

——. "Domesticating Democracy: Culture, Civil Society, and Constitutionalism in Africa." Comparative Studies in Society and History 39, no. 1 (1997): 120–152.

Salih, Mohamed. African Democracies and African Politics. London and Sterling, Va.: Pluto, 2001.

Sandbrook, Richard. "Economic Liberalization versus Political Democratization: A Social-Democratic Resolution." Canadian Journal of African Studies 31, no. 3 (1997): 482–516.

Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe. Manufacturing African Studies and Crises. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria, 1997.

——. "The Struggle for Human Rights in Africa." In Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Development in Africa, edited by Paul T. Zeleza and Philip J. McConnaughay, 1–18. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.