Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda

Ethnic politics and democratic transition in Rwanda

This book offers an examination of how a deeply divided post-conflict society embarks on democratic transition. Using Rwanda as the case study, it combines analysis of democratic transition and ethnopolitical debate, asking why deeply divided ethnic societies have a tendency to fail.Though marginali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kiwuwa, David., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 2012.
Colección:Democratization studies ; 21
Democratization Studies
Materias:
Democratization > Rwanda.
Conflict management > Rwanda.
Ethnicity > Political aspects > Rwanda.
Democratization > Case studies.
Ethnicity > Political aspects > Case studies.
Rwanda > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Rwanda > Politics and government.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A general theoretical analysis: ethnicity (ethnopolitics) and democratic transition
  • The fallacy of existing transition models: consociationalism revisited
  • Rwanda: the pre-colonial and colonial background
  • The first republic (1959-1973)
  • When democratic transition killed
  • Slouching towards democratic transition
  • Crowning the transition? the 2003 legislative and presidential elections
  • conclusion.

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