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| Title: | Democracy, elections, election monitoring and peace-building in West Africa |
| Author: | Odukoya, Adelaja |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Periodical: | African Journal of International Affairs (ISSN 0850-7902) |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 1-2 |
| Pages: | 147-160 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | West Africa Ghana Nigeria Sierra Leone |
| Subjects: | elections democracy peacebuilding politics election monitoring |
| Abstract: | This essay explores the linkages between elections, democracy and peacebuilding in West Africa. It engages in a radical critique of neoliberal democracy and its ramifications for peace and development. This provides the context for explaining some of the limitations of multiparty democracy, elections and election monitoring in Africa. Drawing on illustrations from Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana, the nature of democracy in West Africa is explored, and some suggestions are then made towards strengthening the democracy-peace linkage in the region. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |
