Authoritarian Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Authoritarian Africa write by Nic Cheeseman. This book was released on 2019. Authoritarian Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A higher education history textbook on the history of authoritarianism in Africa"--
Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa
Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa write by Tobias Hagmann. This book was released on 2016-03-15. Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 2013 almost half of Africa's top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes. While the West may claim to promote democracy and human rights, in practice major bilateral and international donors, such as USAID, DFID, the World Bank and the European Commission, have seen their aid policies become ever more entangled with the survival of their authoritarian protégés. Local citizens thus find themselves at the receiving end of a compromise between aid agencies and government elites, in which development policies are shaped in the interests of maintaining the status quo. Aid and Authoritarianism in Africa sheds light on the political intricacies and moral dilemmas raised by the relationship between foreign aid and autocratic rule in Africa. Through contributions by leading experts exploring the revival of authoritarian development politics in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon, Mozambique and Angola, the book exposes shifting donor interests and rhetoric as well as the impact of foreign aid on military assistance, rural development, electoral processes and domestic politics. In the process, it raises an urgent and too often neglected question: to what extent are foreign aid programmes actually perpetuating authoritarian rule?
The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes
The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes write by Christine Hackenesch. This book was released on 2018-05-30. The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This open access book analyses the domestic politics of African dominant party regimes, most notably African governments’ survival strategies, to explain their variance of opinions and responses towards the reforming policies of the EU. The author discredits the widespread assumption that the growing presence of China in Africa has made the EU’s task of supporting governance reforms difficult, positing that the EU’s good governance strategies resonate better with the survival strategies of governments in some dominant party regimes more so than others, regardless of Chinese involvement. Hackenesch studies three African nations – Angola, Ethiopia and Rwanda – which all began engaging with the EU on governance reforms in the early 2000s. She argues that other factors generally identified in the literature, such as the EU good governance strategies or economic dependence of the target country on the EU, have set additional incentives for African governments to not engage on governance reforms.
Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa
Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa write by George Kieh, Jr.. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work seeks to examine the nature and dynamics of authoritarianism in Africa and to suggest ways in which the states covered in the book can be democratically reconstituted. In 1990, a wave of euphoria greeted the "third wave of democratization" that swept across the African Continent. The repression-wearied subalterns were hopeful that the "third wave" would have set into motion the process of democratically reconstituting the authoritarian state on the continent. More than two decades thereafter, although some progress has been made, by and large, the authoritarian state remains the dominant construct in the region. Even in some of the countries in which democratic transitions have taken place, the process of democratic consolidation remains an elusive quest as these states are sandwiched between authoritarianism and democracy. Against this background, the purpose of this book is to examine the travails of the authoritarian state in Africa, including the Herculean task to democratically reconstruct it. In order to do this, six of Africa’s perennial authoritarian states—Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Liberia, Rwanda and Uganda—are used as the case studies. The book has two major objectives. First, the various chapters probe the nature and dynamics of authoritarianism in Africa. Second, the chapters suggest ways in which the various authoritarian states covered in the book can be democratically reconstituted.
The New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa
The New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa write by Stephen J. King. This book was released on 2009-10-28. The New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Stephen J. King considers the reasons that international and domestic efforts toward democratization have failed to take hold in the Arab world. Focusing on Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria, he suggests that a complex set of variables characterizes authoritarian rule and helps to explain both its dynamism and its persistence. King addresses, but moves beyond, how religion and the strongly patriarchal culture influence state structure, policy configuration, ruling coalitions, and legitimization and privatization strategies. He shows how the transformation of authoritarianism has taken place amid shifting social relations and political institutions and how these changes have affected the lives of millions. Ultimately, King's forward-thinking analysis offers a way to enhance the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
