Democratic Renewal in Africa

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Democratic Renewal in Africa: Trends and Lessons Learned

   • Said Adejumobi

   Pages 1-19

3. Assessing Trends in African Democratization: Methods and Challenges

   • Abdul Raufu Mustapha

   Pages 21-41

4. Beyond Authoritarianism: Elections and the Changing Dynamics of State-Society Relations in Africa

   • Said Adejumobi

   Pages 43-62

5. The Origin of African Constitutions, Elusive Constitutionalism, and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy

   • Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo

   Pages 63-96

6. Africa’s Long and Hard Road to Constitutionalism and Democracy: Two Decades On

   • André Mbata B. Mangu

   Pages 97-132

7. Toward a People-Driven Constitution: Opportunities, Constraints, and Challenges of the Kenyan Example

   • Kibet A. Ngetich

   Pages 133-152

8. The Political Economy of Corruption in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse

   • Said Adejumobi

   Pages 153-176

9. Regional Organizations and Democratization in Africa: The ECOWAS Experience

   • Kehinde A. Bolaji

   Pages 177-214

10. Back Matter

    Pages 215-237

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Since the 1980s, democratic struggles have triggered constitutional reforms, elections, and other forms of political progress. This comprehensive volume offers refreshing perspectives on Africa's democratic renewal and will open up dialogue on the trends and trajectory of Africa's democratic future.

• Africa
• constitution
• corruption
• democracy
• democratization
• economy
• reforms

"This is a landmark study of the conception, application, and outcome of democratization in Africa since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The eight essays edited and summarized by Said Adejumobi provide a compulsory reading for all students of current African affairs, giving a critical evaluation of the problems democracy faces in Africa during the present conjuncture, and the questions worth raising to understand it better." - P. Anyang' Nyong'o, former Secretary General of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS), former Minister of Economic Planing and also Health Services in Kenya, and former Secretary General of the ODM Party in Kenya

• Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Lusaka, Zambia

  Said Adejumobi

Raufu Musptaha, St. Anthony's College, Oxford, UK Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Cornell University, USA Andre Mangu, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Bolaji Kehinde, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Kibet Ngetich, Egerton University, Kenya

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