Démocratie, culture et développement en Afrique Noire
Démocratie, culture et développement en Afrique Noire

Author: Claude Beauchamp

Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 2296164897

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L’Afrique est marquée par certaines lourdeurs sociologiques. Au point de ne trouver le salut économique que dans l’imitation du modèle occidental comme le suggèrent fortement le Fonds monétaire international et la Banque mondiale en lui imposant des programmes d’ajustement structurel ? Son avenir politique repose-t-il nécessairement sur le multipartisme et le type occidental de démocratie ? Y a-t-il un lien obligatoire entre la transformation économique et la transformation politique ? Ces questions posent le problème de la démocratie et du développement vécus dans des sociétés particulières.

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Publisher: KARTHALA Editions

Published:

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9782811100506

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Strength beyond Structure
Strength beyond Structure

Author: Mirjam de Bruijn

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-07-31

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 9047421035

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This book explores the notion of agency in a range of empirical situations in Africa. Agency directs our quest for an understanding of the dynamics and social transformations of African situations to the domains of creativity, inventiveness and reflexivity. It emphasizes the possibilities individuals and social groups perceive when faced with the constraints that tend to mark African social life. The case studies provide an alternative view of people and society in Africa by looking at the ways social strength is created in the hope of overcoming many of the structural limitations encountered in daily life. 'Strength beyond Structure' challenges the optimism that is engrained in the development rhetoric about Africa by making agency the subject of empirical scrutiny.

Democracy in Senegal
Democracy in Senegal

Author: S. Gellar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-09-16

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1403982163

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Providing an in-depth comparative study of democracy formation, Gellar traces Senegal's movement from a pre-colonial aristocratic order towards a modern democratic political order. Inspired by Tocqueville's methodology, he identifies social equality, ethnic and religious tolerance, popular participation in local affairs, and freedom of association and the press as vital components of any democratic system. He shows how centralized state structures and monopoly of political power stifled local initiative and perpetuated neo-patrimonial modes of governance.

Earthly Mission
Earthly Mission

Author: Robert Calderisi

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0300196768

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With 1.2 billion members, the Catholic Church is the world's largest organization and perhaps its most controversial. The Church's obstinacy on matters like clerical celibacy, the role of women, birth control, and the child abuse scandal has alienated many Catholics, especially in the West. Yet in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the Church is highly esteemed for its support of education, health, and social justice. In this deeply informed book, Robert Calderisi unravels the paradoxes of the Catholic Church's role in the developing world over the past 60 years. Has the Catholic Church on balance been a force for good? Calderisi weighs the Church's various missteps and poor decisions against its positive contributions, looking back as far as the Spanish Conquest in Latin America and the arrival of missionaries in Africa and Asia. He also looks forward, highlighting difficult issues that threaten to disrupt the Church's future social role. The author's answer to the question he poses will fascinate Catholic and non-Catholic readers alike, providing a wealth of insights into international affairs, development economics, humanitarian concerns, history, and theology.

Chad
Chad

Author: Hans Eriksson

Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9789171065490

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Historical Dictionary of Benin
Historical Dictionary of Benin

Author: Mathurin C. Houngnikpo

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 0810871718

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Benin is now perceived of as a model of democracy in Africa because it has successfully established a democratic political system based on consensus and regular and fair elections, and it continues to improve its electoral and parliamentary systems. Since its democracy it has taken important steps towards laying the foundation for the rule of law by establishing stable political institutions that can withstand the test of time. It has also engaged in an important legal, institutional, and regulatory reform to establish a more favorable environment for private initiative. The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Benin covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Benin.