Authoritarian Rule and Democracy in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse

Discussion Paper No. 18, March 1991

Yusuf Bangura

• Preface
• 1. Conceptualizing the Basis of Authoritarian Rule and Democracy
  • 1.1 The democratic question
  • 1.2 Accumulation, authoritarianism and democracy
  • 1.3 The structural roots of authoritarianism
  • 1.4 The basis for democratic struggles
  • 1.5 The dynamics of authoritarianism and democracy
  • 1.6 Structural pre-conditions for stable and sustainable democracy
  • 1.7 Models of accumulation and political systems
• 2. Stages in the Struggles for Democracy
  • 2.1 Decolonization and guided democratization
  • 2.2 State capitalist expansion and authoritarian rule
  • 2.3 Economic crisis and pressures for re-democratization
• 3. Authoritarian Democratization: The Nigerian Experience
  • 3.1 Adjustment and democracy
  • 3.2 Demilitarization and civilian governmental authority
  • 3.3 Civil society and the state
  • 3.4 The democratization of the rules of political competition
• Conclusion
• BIBLIOGRAPHY

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