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Title
Conceptualising democracy in an African context |
Full text
http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/34335 |
Date
1994 |
Author(s)
Gaay Fortman, Bastiaan de |
Abstract
Colonialism brought Africa a process of state formation upon which post-independence rulers have further built. Such modern government needs modern types of legitimisation; one cannot have it both ways. In trying to explain what this means we will take Lincoln's definition as a starting point. Government of the people means not only self-determination but representation, government for the people may be seen as accountability while government by the people signifies participation. The three concepts are interrelated, as we shall see, and are all necessary aspects of the use of power. Thus, democracy means that power is representative, controllable and should also be participatory. |
Subject(s)
Sociale Wetenschappen; Africa; democracy |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Article |
Format
application/msword |
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
Identifier
Quest, Philosophical Discussions - International African Journal of Philosophy VIII(1), 61-75 (1994) |
Repository
Utrecht - University of Utrecht
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