@article{772565,
      recid = {772565},
      author = {Ibrahim, Abadir M.,},
      title = {The role of civil society in Africa's quest for  democratization /},
      school = {doctoral},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book tests many of the assumptions, hypotheses, and  conclusions connected with the presumed role of civil  society organizations in the democratization of African  countries. Taking a comparative approach, it looks at  countries that have successfully democratized, those that  are stuck between progress and regression, those that have  regressed into dictatorship, and those that are currently  in transitional flux and evaluates what role, if any, civil  society has played in each instance. The countries  discussed--South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt  and Tunisia--represent a diverse set of social and  political circumstances and different levels of democratic  achievement, providing a rich set of case studies. Each  sample state also offers an internal comparison, as each  has historically experienced different stages of  democratization. Along the course of each case study, the  book also considers the effect that other traditionally  studied factors, such as culture, colonization, economic  development and foreign aid, may have had on African civil  society and democratization. The first extensive work on  civil society and democratization in Africa, the book adds  new insights to the applicability of democratization theory  in a non-Western context, both filling a gap in and adding  to the existing universal scholarship. This book will be  useful for scholars of political science, economics,  sociology and African studies, as well as human rights  activists and policy makers in the relevant geographical  areas.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/772565},
}