Argues that South Africans, like everyone else, need democracy for a more equal society
What are democracies meant to do? And how does one know when one is a democratic …

South Africa is widely seen as one of, if not the paradigmatic success story of the Third Wave
of Democracy. This success is just as widely attributed to the country's supposedly wise …

This article analyses current trends in the struggle for democracy in Africa, including the role
of social movements. Such movements found early expression in the anti-colonial …

The Trouble with Democracy shows that the ancient as well as American and Canadian
democracies were established on practical social and political grounds vastly different from …

One of the most distinguished writers on democracy, Robert Dahl postulated two basic
dimensions of effective governance and democratisation, namely “general participation” and …

" Democracy Works asks how we can learn to nurture, deepen and consolidate democracy
in Africa. By analysing transitions within and beyond the continent, the authors identify …

South Africa's transition to democracy was met by the global audience with at first, disbelief,
followed later by applause. After fifteen years of democracy big questions remain: has a …

The book interrogates the relationship between democracy and development and how
underdevelopment prevents citizens from participating in democracy. Section One is a …

Democracy Works asks how we can learn to nurture, deepen and consolidate democracy in
Africa. By analyzing transitions within and beyond the continent, the authors identify …

South Africa is fast approaching the beginning of its third year of democratic rule. Against a
background of intractable conflict spawned by apartheid and the uncertainty and fragility of …