Chuka Onwumechili ; foreword by Emmanuel A. Erskine.
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Westport, Conn. :
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Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xii, 121 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword; Preface; 1. Traditional African Democracies; 2. Western Democracy and Democratic Consolidation in Africa; 3. Reasons for and History of Military Coups; 4. Military Threat to Democratization; 5. Solutions to the Military Threat; 6. Case Studies and the OAU's Role; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Onwumechili provides an exciting perspective on African military coups and reminds us that democracy is not synonymous solely with Western societies. He examines democracies in traditional Africa and shows how these socieites clearly defined and limited the roles of traditional African armies.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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MIL
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256733
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Title
African democratization and military coups.
International Standard Book Number
9780275963255
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Civil-military relations-- Africa.
Coups d'état-- Africa.
Democracy-- Africa.
Democratization-- Africa.
Civil-military relations.
Coups d'état.
Democracy.
Democratization.
Demokratisierung
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Advocacy.