ELECTORAL PROCESS AND THE PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY CONSOLIDATION CONTEXTUALISING THE AFRICAN MULTIPARTY ELECTIONS OF 2004
Book Launch: 30 May 2008

Any study of Africa’s multiparty elections reveals inherent institutional and systemic difficulties that raise questions about the electoral processes in Africa pose methodological, conceptual, and theoretical challenges to scholars and practitioners. The chapters of this volume address these issues, through the   assessment of the electoral processes and examination of democratisation trends in Africa, with special focus on case studies. The chapters on Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa analyse these complexities holistically. They examine: the potency and independence of electoral institutions; adherence to electoral laws by those charged with the statutory powers as well as the participants in the elections; the role of the media, election monitors and observers, civil society, political parties, and assessing whether or not elections were conducted in a free and fair environment conducive for multiparty electoral practice and consolidation.

Editor: Korwa G. Adar, Abdall Hamdok, J oram Rukambe
ISBN: 978-0-7983-0210-4
Size: 245 X 165
Extent: 152
Availability: 30 May 2008
Rights: World

Recommended Retail Price: R120.00 (incl. VAT).