TY - BOOK AU - Agbango,George Akeya TI - Issues and trends in contemporary African politics: stability, development, and democratization SN - 0820431303 U1 - 320.967 20 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Peter Lang KW - Democracy KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Economic development KW - Political aspects KW - Political stability KW - Political violence KW - Khoa học chính trị KW - Nền dân chủ KW - Tăng trưởng kinh tế KW - Trung Phi N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-383); Political instability and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa; George A. Agbango --; Violence : the perennial obstacle to social, economic and political development in Nigeria 1960-1990; Nchor B. Okorn --; Crisis of nation building : the Liberian experience; George A. Agbango --; Election monitoring and the democratization agenda in Africa : the case of the 1991 Zambian elections; Julius O. Ihonvbere --; Global transformation and political reforms in Africa : the case of Ghana; Baffour Agyeman-Duah --; Legitimizing the illegitimate : the 1992 presidential election as a prelude to Ghana's fourth republic; Yakubu Saaka --; Visions of change in Cameroon within the context of a new world order; Henry A. Elonge --; Ethiopia : the pitfalls of ethnic federalism; Walle Engedayehu --; South Africa : the long and arduous road to a new dispensation; Margaret C. Lee --; South Africa in the African Dilemm; Akwasi Osei --; Democratization in Africa : challenges and prospects; Julius O. Ihonvbere --; Obstacles to African development; George Ayittey --; Pan-Africanism : agenda for African Unity in the 1990's; Julius O. Ihonvbere ER -