The Liberal Model and Africa: Elites Against Democracy by Good, K.

The Liberal Model and Africa: Elites Against Democracy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333790427)

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The Liberal Model and Africa: Elites Against Democracy by Good, K.

The Liberal Model and Africa: Elites Against Democracy

$54.99
The Liberal Model and Africa: Elites Against Democracy by Good, K.

The Liberal Model and Africa: Elites Against Democracy

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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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 1970-1990, 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 constituted democracy emerges as a powerful message of Kenneth Good's argument.

Author: K. Good
ISBN-10: 0333790421
ISBN-13: 9780333790427
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2001
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.78w x 0.88d

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Choice 07/01/2002 pg. 2033
By K. Good
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KENNETH GOOD is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Botswana, Gaborone. His publications include Development and Dependence: The Political Economy of Papua New Guinea (with Amarshi and Mortimer), Articulated Agricultural Development (with Donaldson) and Realizing Democracy in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. He has also contributed articles to several journals.

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