Introduction: Democracy, Governance, and Development / Wanjala S. Nasong'o -- Different Paths, Similar Destination: The Unending and Un-consolidating Democratic Transition in Kenya and Uganda / Joshua M. Kivuva -- The Legislature and Third Term Ambition in African Democracy / Ibrahim Yusuf and Stanley O. Ehiane -- Assessing the Impact of Democratization: The Case of Kenya's Supreme Court / John Mwangi Githigaro -- Democracy and Education in African Schools: Contradictions between Theory and Practice in Kenya / Suleiman Kairu Mwangi -- Politics of Identity and Democratization in Postcolonial Africa: Kenyan Experience / Vundi Nason -- Gender and Political Governance in Africa: Revisiting Past and Contemporary Dimensions / Fatuma Guyo -- Transforming the 'Bearded' Parliament in Africa through Gender Mainstreaming: The Case of the Kenyan National Parliament / Vundi Nason -- The Curse of the Last Name in Being and Becoming Kenyan / Ken Walibora Waliaula -- Ethnicity or Clientelism? Explaining Cote d'Ivoire's Election Crisis / Patrick Effah -- The Civic Culture and Post-Colonial Political Imagination in Cabo Verde / Paulino Do Canto -- Debt and Economic Development in Kenya / John Musalia -- Oil Politics, Institutional Framework, and Inclusive Development in Uganda / -- Julius Niringiyimana -- The Cost of Terrorism in Africa: The Case of the Boko Haram Insurgents in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin / George C. Mbara, Stanley O. Ehiane, and Nirmala Gopal -- Political Discourses and Regional (Dis) Integration: Comparing Narratives from the Global South and Global North / Francis Onditi.
Summary:
"This book examines the democratization process in Africa with a focus on issues of economic, social, and institutional development. Contributors analyze the impact of democratization on governance and institutional development, foreign aid and foreign direct investment, terrorism in Africa, identity politics, and the politics of oil extraction"-- Provided by publisher.
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