Authoritarian Rule and Democracy in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse

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Authoritarian Rule and Democracy in Africa: ATheoretical DiscourseDiscussion Paper No. 18, March 1991Yusuf BanguraContentsPREFACE 21. CONCEPTUALIZING THE BASIS OF AUTHORITARIAN RULE ANDDEMOCRACY 31.1 THE DEMOCRATIC QUESTION 31.2 ACCUMULATION, AUTHORITARIANISM AND DEMOCRACY 31.3 THE STRUCTURAL ROOTS OF AUTHORITARIANISM 41.4 THE BASIS FOR DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLES 61.5 THE DYNAMICS OF AUTHORITARIANISM AND DEMOCRACY 81.6 STRUCTURAL PRE-CONDITIONS FOR STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY 91.7 MODELS OF ACCUMULATION AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS 122. STAGES IN THE STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY 142.1 DECOLONIZATION AND GUIDED DEMOCRATIZATION 142.2 STATE CAPITALIST EXPANSION AND AUTHORITARIAN RULE 162.3 ECONOMIC CRISIS AND PRESSURES FOR RE-DEMOCRATIZATION 173. AUTHORITARIAN DEMOCRATIZATION: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE 213.1 ADJUSTMENT AND DEMOCRACY 213.2 DEMILITARIZATION AND CIVILIAN GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY 223.3 CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE STATE 243.4 THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE RULES OF POLITICAL COMPETITION 26CONCLUSION 27BIBLIOGRAPHY 30
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