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Democratizing or Reconfiguring Predatory Autocracy? Myths and Realities in Africa Today v Content Dedication ............................................................................. xi Preface................................................................................. xiii Chapter One Introduction .................................................................................... 1 Chapter Two Democracy: Why Myths and Realities in Africa? ..................... 5 Chapter Three Why is Democracy a Contested Global Construct Today?... 11 Chapter Four Analytical Framework ................................................................. 15 Chapter Five Democracy in Africa Today: A Historical Overview ........... 27 Chapter Six Pluralist Elections and Ideological Complementarity............ 31 Chapter Seven Neoliberalism, Stagnation and Killing of Democracy........... 35 Chapter Eight Essential Elements of Democracy .......................................... 51 Chapter Nine Political Legitimacy and Democratic Culture.......................... 55 Chapter Ten Summary and Conclusion .......................................................... 61 Chapter Eleven Towards Social Democracy in Africa ....................................... 65 References............................................................................ 75 ...

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