%0 Book
%A Joy Alemazung
%D 2013
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783653033502
%T State Constitutions and Governments without Essence in Post-Independence Africa
%B Governance along a Failure-Success Continuum with Illustrations from Benin, Cameroon and the DRC
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-03350-2
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1046547
%X This book in a diagnostic approach looks at the problems plaguing Africa, a continent rich in human and natural resources yet the poorest in the world. The main question is: what is the purpose of government in Africa? As illustrated by different empirical examples, the study argues that the creation of states and governments after colonialism was a «false start» and was not impacted by the social contract principle of men forming government to preserve the common good. The result is a leadership culture of government against the people with weak institutions in favour of strong autocratic rulers. The core of this study is a solution seeking approach with alternative political forms.
%K Consociational democracy, democratisation, Demokratisierung: social contract, development politics, Konsens Demokratie
%G English