Suchergebnisse

In the time period 2012–2013, over 20 national elections and two constitutional referendums are scheduled in Africa. In several of these elections, violence is anticipated to play a prominent role. There is great urgency to support the establishment of effective and legitimate electoral institutions and electoral frameworks; institute reforms aimed at lowering the stakes of elections; encourage the devolution of powers; improve the socio-economic standing of the populace; and devise strategies to prevent and manage electoral violence.

The analysis of favorable factors for establishment and maintenance of consociation democracy in Africa is important to assess the probability of success for consociation model in diverse societies. However, "these" factors have not been dealt with adequately in the previous studies on Africa. So, my work attempts firstly to discuss on the presence or absence of favorable conditions for consociationalism in Africa, secondly show a comparative analysis of favorable conditions in consociational democratization attempts, hindrances and prospects in Benin, Botswana and Kenya, thirdly contextualization explanations of forces leading to consociationalism either through structural or voluntaristic classification of selected consociational democratic cases, fourthly a review of impediments to and prospects for consociational democratization in Africa generally, and lastly a conclusion with a comparative way forward of the selected cases for consociational democratization in Africa at large.