02311nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10670643 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120524s2013 enka sb 001 0 eng d 2012021392 9783034308274 (alk. paper) 9783035304015 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)828868976 f------ JQ1879.A15 E94 2013eb 321.8096 23 Ezeani, Emefiena. Cooperative collegial democracy for Africa and multi-ethnic societies [electronic resource] : democracy without tears / Emefiena Ezeani. Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, c2013. xii, 203 p. : ill. Africa in development, 1662-1212 ; v. 13 Includes bibliographical references and index. What is democracy? -- Centripetalism : a competitive model of democracy -- Consociationalism : a quasi-cooperative model of democracy -- Democracy in pre-colonial and post-colonial Africa -- Ethnicity, religion, the judiciary and liberal democracy in a multi-ethnic society -- Godfatherism, privatisation of the state and diminution of political space -- Giovanni Sartori : political parties, party-less state and competitive democracy -- The unanswered national questions and the party model of democracy -- The party system and some specific issues -- Voting under the veil of ignorance and the belief in the people's power -- Cooperative collegial democracy : a workable model for Africa and multi-ethnic societies -- Epilogue : corruption and democracy : learning from the Nigerian experience. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Democracy Africa. Cultural pluralism Political aspects Africa. Political parties Africa. Africa Politics and government. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Africa in development ; v. 13. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10670643 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 161041 161041