Democracy and political entrepreneurs in Africa.

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  • Author(s): Wilén, Nina1 (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    African Studies. Sep2018, Vol. 77 Issue 3, p473-478. 6p.
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    • Abstract:
      The article focusses on democracy and political entrepreneurs in Africa, which has been a story of democracy in Africa, successes, failures and the struggle for political reform by Nic Cheeseman, an ambitious overview of the history of democracy on the continent with comprehensive empirical illustrations. It states that the choices incumbent rulers make about whether or not to introduce political liberalisation is examined in Cheeseman's work through a comparison of the costs of reform and cost