An assessment of the prospects for multi-party democracy in Africa. Special attention is given to issues of re-democratization since 1989 and to the setbacks which have resulted from military interventions or from autocratic rulers manipulating their instruments of power to block a successful political transition. Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hoursPrerequisite(s): 54 credit units at the university level, including 18 credit units POLS and/or IS.
An assessment of the prospects for multi-party democracy in Africa. Special attention is given to issues of re-democratization since 1989 and to the setbacks which have resulted from military interventions or from autocratic rulers manipulating their instruments of power to block a successful political transition. Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hoursPrerequisite(s): 54 credit units at the university level, including 18 credit units POLS and/or IS.