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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      15 December 2009
      20 September 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511617324
      9780521841917
      9780521602914
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617324
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.761kg, 488 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.644kg, 488 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, African Government, Politics and Policy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, African Government, Politics and Policy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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    This book is a fascinating exploration of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the Afrobarometer, a comprehensive cross-national survey research project, it reveals what ordinary Africans think about democracy and market reform, subjects on which almost nothing is otherwise known. The authors find that support for democracy in Africa is wide but shallow and that Africans feel trapped between state and market. Beyond multiparty elections, people want clean and accountable government. They will accept economic structural adjustment only if it is accompanied by an effective state, the availability of jobs, and an equitable society. What are the origins of these attitudes? Far from being constrained by social structure and cultural values, Africans learn about reform on the basis of knowledge, reasoning, and experience. Weighing supply and demand for reform, the authors reach cautious conclusions about the varying prospects of African countries for attaining fully-fledged democracy and markets.0

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    'As the first comprehensive review of public opinion in sub-Saharan Africa, this book is essential reading for those interested in democracy and development - and will have a dramatic impact on the political economy of reform in Africa and elsewhere.'

    Source: Foreign Affairs

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