Growth, Security, and Democracy in Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID6287543
AuthorsRichard Joseph (0000-0001-8329-6780, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume25
Issue4
Pages61-75
Publication date2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2014.0060
OpenAlexW2004021252
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced great oscillations in democratic progress and retreat. Authoritarian modernization has taken root, notably in Ethiopia and Rwanda. No paradigm captures the complexity and volatility. Some argue that autocratic governance produces development outcomes while competitive clientelism encourages corruption and social distress. Nigeria presents a paradox of reform and dysfunction, of growth and discordant development, of minority affluence and mass poverty. The northern region has undergone economic and political decline. The failure to defeat Boko Haram reflects the prebendalist corrosion of state institutions. The February 2015 election is a dismaying hurdle for the Nigerian system of conglomerate governance

Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Clientelism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Language change · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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