Turning Points in African Democracy

ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA wasAssociate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford prior to his death in 2017. His books include Turning Points in African Democracy (2010), Sects and Social Disorder (2014) and, edited with David Ehrhardt, Creed & Grievance (2018). ABDUL RAUFU MUSTAPHA wasAssociate Professor in African Politics, University of Oxford prior to his death in 2017. His books include Turning Points in African Democracy (2010), Sects and Social Disorder (2014) and, edited with David Ehrhardt, Creed & Grievance (2018). MILES LARMER is Professor of African History, University of Oxford.

• Foreword by Laurence WhiteheadAfrican democratisation: the journey so far - Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Lindsay WhitfieldSenegal since 2000: rebuilding hegemony in a global age - Tarik Dahou and Vincent FoucherCote d'Ivoire since1993: the risky reinvention of the nation - Francis AkindesGhana since 1993: a successful democratic experiment? - Lindsay WhitfieldNigeria since 1999: a revolving door syndrome or the consolidation of democracy? - Abdul Raufu MustaphaKenya since 2002: the more things change the more they stay the same - Nic CheesemanZambia since 1990: paradoxes of democratic transition - Miles LarmerSouth Africa since 1994: who holds power after apartheid? - Jeremy SeekingsMozambique since 1989: shaping democracy after socialism - Eric Morier-GenoudRwanda & Burundi since 1994: an end to the discriminatory state? - Patricia DaleyZimbabwe since 1997: land & the legacies of war - Jocelyn AlexanderConclusion: the politics of African states in the era of democratisation - Lindsay Whitfield and Abdul Raufu Mustapha

A welcome addition to the scholarly and policy discourse [and] a useful initiation for students of African politics. [...] The rich contextual accounts and the strong concluding analysis make the book a must-read as a general overview of democratisation on the continent.