TY - BOOK AU - Ezeani,Emefiena ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Cooperative collegial democracy for Africa and multi-ethnic societies: democracy without tears T2 - Africa in development, AV - JQ1879.A15 E94 2013eb U1 - 321.8096 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Democracy KW - Africa KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Political aspects KW - Political parties KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10670643 ER -