1st Edition

Democratic Transitions in East Africa

By F. Wafula Okumu Copyright 2004
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 2004. Genocide in Rwanda, massive floods of refugees and displaced people in the Horn of Africa, violent civil wars in the West African countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia - these are testimonies to the tremendous cost to grassroots communities when the authority and legitimacy of national political systems and leaders are called into question. The consolidation of... Read more
The challenges of democratic transition in East Africa, Paul J. Kaiser and F. Wafula Okumu; The history of an ideal, Thomas Burgess; Political parties and party systems, Dean E. McHenry, Jr.; Political leadership, Joshua B. Rubongoya; Constitutional reform, Stephen Ndegwa and Ryan E. Letourneau; Civil society, Samuel A. Nyanchoga; Structural adjustment and economic reform, Stephen F. Burgess; International context, Bruce Heilman and Laurean Ndumbaro; The crisis of legitimacy, representation, and state hegemony, Earl Conteh-Morgan; Timeline of key historical events; Select journals and periodicals; Select East African newspapers.

Biography

Wafula F. Okumu