Legacies of Transition Governments in Africa

JENNIFER C. SEELY is an Assistant Professor in the Politics Department at Earlham College, USA.

• The Legacies of Transition Governments: Practical Changes and Theoretical Optimism Political History and Practice Prior to Transition Benin's Civilian Coup d'Etat 'We Are Not Sheep': Finding a Togolese Path The Legacies At Work Conclusion Bibliography

"There is much in this project - particularly the focus on transition bargaining among political actors - that could help to advance our understanding of democratization in Africa and around the world. Jennifer Seely unites insights from the two literatures, namely, the pact-making view that the process matters and the path-dependency view that structures are difficult to change. She also has deep country knowledge of the two cases. It is rare to find this kind of extensive use of interviews." - Leonardo Arriola, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley"Professor Seely gives us a powerful set of analytic and empirical tools with which to understand the democratic transitions of the 1990s and their consequences. I could not be more pleased with this excellent study." - Victor T. LeVine, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Washington University