The challenges of democratization in Africa: Evidence and way forward for Nigeria
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2017
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Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey, Biga Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Abstract
Democracy is perhaps the most popular political norm in modern discourse. For most
sovereign states in Africa however, democratisation and its challenges have for long remained
daunting. Even though described as ‘false start’, independence presented most African
states with the opportunity of transforming colonial structure to democratic hegemony.
Regrettably however, post-independence efforts aimed at achieving this have largely remained
unimpressive. Till date, when assessed in the light of the pretensions in present times
by most African states, one can safely state that democratisation is the most threatened
political project in Africa. Suffice to state that this ‘struggle’ underlies the challenges to
democratisation in Africa which is well typified by the Nigerian experience. This paper
discussed colonialism, sovereignty, globalisation, military coup, ethnicity, poverty and
political leadership as the broad challenges confronting democratisation in Africa within
the context of Nigeria.
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Democracy, Democratisation, Africa, Nigeria, Ethnicity, Federalism
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Journal of Administrative Sciences