Africans' surprising universalism
| dc.contributor.author | Bratton, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mattes, Robert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-05T13:52:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-05T13:52:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-18T10:29:08Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Africa is a latecomer to democratization. In terms of timing, Africa has followed rather than led other continents in giving birth to the reform movements that have installed elected governments, multiparty systems, and more open societies around the world. Since many African countries are dependent on foreign aid, they have also experienced weighty external pressures to liberalize. One should not automatically conclude, however, that the impetus for reform comes from outside the continent rather than from within. If political liberalization were a Northern idea being foisted on an unwilling South, then certain empirical facts should follow. One would expect Africans to 1) be unaware of the concept of democracy; 2) have distinct cultural understandings of its content; 3) be unsupportive of regimes based on competitive principles; 4) prefer alternative political regimes; and 5) be unsatisfied with the performance of democratic regimes in practice. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1353/jod.2001.0002 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Bratton, M., & Mattes, R. (2001). Africans' surprising universalism. <i>Journal of Democracy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20212 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Bratton, Michael, and Robert Mattes "Africans' surprising universalism." <i>Journal of Democracy</i> (2001) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20212 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bratton, M., & Mattes, R. B. (2001). Africans' surprising universalism. Journal of democracy, 12(1), 107-121. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1045-5736 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Bratton, Michael AU - Mattes, Robert AB - Africa is a latecomer to democratization. In terms of timing, Africa has followed rather than led other continents in giving birth to the reform movements that have installed elected governments, multiparty systems, and more open societies around the world. Since many African countries are dependent on foreign aid, they have also experienced weighty external pressures to liberalize. One should not automatically conclude, however, that the impetus for reform comes from outside the continent rather than from within. If political liberalization were a Northern idea being foisted on an unwilling South, then certain empirical facts should follow. One would expect Africans to 1) be unaware of the concept of democracy; 2) have distinct cultural understandings of its content; 3) be unsupportive of regimes based on competitive principles; 4) prefer alternative political regimes; and 5) be unsatisfied with the performance of democratic regimes in practice. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Democracy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 SM - 1045-5736 T1 - Africans' surprising universalism TI - Africans' surprising universalism UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20212 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20212 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Bratton M, Mattes R. Africans' surprising universalism. Journal of Democracy. 2001; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20212. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Journal of Democracy | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/ | |
| dc.title | Africans' surprising universalism | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |