Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction: Issues in Africa's Political Adjustment in the ``New'' Global Era

John Mukum Mbaku

Julius O. Ihonvbere

A Balance Sheet of Africa's Transition to Democratic Governance

Julius O. Ihonvbere

Globalization and Democratization in Africa: Problems and Prospects

Kelechi A. Kalu

Economic Transformation and Governance in Africa: Strategies for Recovery, Growth, and Development

George B. N. Ayittey

Constitutionalism and the Transition to Democratic Governance in Africa

John Mukum Mbaku

Constitutions Without Constitutionalism? Towards a New Doctrine of Democratization in Africa

Julius O. Ihonvbere

Keeping the African Military at Bay: Current Trends in Civil-Military Relations

Pita Ogaba Agbese

Constitutionalism and the African Military: Contemporary Constitutional Strategies to Domesticate the African Military

Julius O. Ihonvbere

Women and the Democratization Process in Africa

Felix K. Ekechi

The Mass Media and Democratization in Africa: Lessons from Cameroon

Charles Manga Fombad

Political Restructuring, Civil Society, and Governance in Africa: The Politics of Integrated Rural Development in Nigeria

Olufemi Vaughan

Democracy, Human Rights, and Democratization in Africa

Joseph Takougang

Ethnicity and Democratization in Africa

Eghosa E. Osaghae

Property Rights and Environmental Sustainability in Africa

John Mukum Mbaku

Democracy, Public Policy, and the Intervention Imperative Towards HIV/AIDS in Africa

Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr.

In Search of Democratization Middle Grounds: Nigeria and South Africa in Perspective

Eghosa E. Osaghae

The Opportunities and Limitations of Opposition Politics in Africa: The SDF and Opposition Alliances

Julius O. Ihonvbere

John Mukum Mbaku

Joseph Takougang

Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization and the Opportunities

Julius O. Ihonvbere

John Mukum Mbaku

Selected Bibliography

Index

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