Consensus as democracy in Africa / Bernard Matolino.
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TextSeries: African humanities seriesPublisher: Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC (Pty) Ltd/African HumanitiesProgram, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781920033378
- 1920033378
- 9781920033361
- 192003336X
- 321.8096 23
- JQ1879.A15 M28 2018
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Cover; Dedication; About the Series; Board Members; Published in this series; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Democracy by consensus; Introduction; Carew on transformative polities; Wamala on traditional consensus; Wiredu on traditional consensus; The contexts of democratic challenges; Conclusion; 2. Conceptualising consensus; Introduction; The issues; Consensus as superior to majoritarianism; Conclusion; 3. Democracy and consensus; Introduction; What democracy is not; What democracy is; Is consensus truly democratic?; Conclusion
4. Political parties in consensusIntroduction; Problems with political parties; Consensus as a non-party polity; Is a non-party a one-party?; Conclusion; 5. African aspirations, democracy and African democracy; Introduction; Africa; Socio-politico-cultural reality; Purpose of democracy; African aspirations and democracy; Beyond consensus and majoritarianism; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Back cover
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