Book of Donmon Teith

Originally published in 2004, this volume explores the factors that are crucial to the emergence of democratic political systems on the African continent, speci

What conditions motivate a transition to democracy? Can the dynamics of a transition influence its outcome? Under what circumstances has democracy been consolid

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often

The global movement toward democracy, spurred in part by the ending of the cold war, has created opportunities for democratization not only in Europe and the fo

Contributors to this book are particularly interested in expanding our understanding of what helps, or hurts, successful democratic transition attempts in count