The Liberal Model and Africa : Elites Against Democracy
by
K. Good
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
International Political Economy Series
ISBN-10
0333790421
ISBN-13
9780333790427
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 17th, 2001
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
531 grams
Product Classification:
AfricaPolitical structures / systems: democracyPolitical structures: democracy
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By interrogating contemporary democratic regimes, in the United States, and in Botswana and South Africa, the severe limitations and constraints inherent in liberal democracy are highlighted.
This book critically examines the realities of liberal democracy: its elitism and non-accountability; and its inequalities and injustices. Participatory systems and movements, whether in Athens, seventeenth and nineteenth-century England, or South Africa 1970-90, are more effective in satisfying the democratic aspirations of the people and in curtailing ambitious elites than what is passed off now as ''democracy.''By interrogating contemporary democratic regimes in the United States, and in Botswana and South Africa, the severe limitations and constraints inherent in liberal democracy are highlighted. The need for a clear evaluation of what constitutes democracy emerges as a powerful message of Kenneth Good''s argument.
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