The Road to Democratic Development Statehood in Africa

This book interrogates Africa's pursuit of the Democratic Developmental State model by drawing on the experiences of Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. It comprises of five parts: Part I, consisting of two chapters, outlines the key conceptual and theoretical approaches used throughout the book's discussions. The proceeding parts II, III and IV critically analyses the three case studies under review. Each part is subdivided into two chapters wherein a historical state-societal approach is employed in interrogating the extent to which Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda have been able to successfully achieve democratic development, on the one hand, and, conversely, inclusive economic growth and development, on the other. Part V, and Chapter 10 debuts the concept and model of the Developmental Civil Society.

Identifies state-society relations that are best suited for the pursuit of democracy and inclusive economic development Introduces notion of developmental civil society to assist states' aspirations to become fully-fledged democracies Critically analyses the development of state-societal relations in Ethiopia, Mauritius and Rwanda since their inception

Auteur
Marcel Felicity Nagar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the NRF SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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This book interrogates Africäs pursuit of the Democratic Developmental State model by drawing on the experiences of Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. It comprises of five parts: Part I, consisting of two chapters, outlines the key conceptual and theoretical approaches used throughout the book s discussions. The proceeding parts II, III and IV critically analyses the three case studies under review. Each part is subdivided into two chapters wherein a historical state-societal approach is employed in interrogating the extent to which Mauritius, Ethiopia, and Rwanda have been able to successfully achieve democratic development, on the one hand, and, conversely, inclusive economic growth and development, on the other. Part V, and Chapter 10 debuts the concept and model of the Developmental Civil Society.

Contenu
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: The (Democratic) Developmental State: Key Theoretical Concepts and Approaches. Chapter 2: Key Conceptual Definitions.- Chapter 3: The (Democratic) Developmental State: A Theoretical Overview.- Part II: Mauritius: Africa's Democratic Developmental Darling?.- Chapter 4: Colonial Island State Formation and Patterns of Democratic Development in Mauritius.- Chapter 5: Inclusive Economic Growth and Development of the African Cub-Tiger.- Part III: Ethiopia: The 'African Lion': A Leader of the Continental Pack?.- Chapter 6: The Emergence of an Empire and Evolution of Federal Democracy in Ethiopia.- Chapter 7: Inclusive Economic Growth and Development of the 'African Lion'.- Part IV: Rwanda: An African Model for Post-Conflict Democratic Development?.- Chapter 8: From Pre-Colonial Conquest to Political Chaos and Back Again.- Chapter 9: Inclusive Economic Growth and Development of a War-Ravaged State.- Part V: Introducing the Concept and Model of theDevelopmental Civil Society (DCS).- Chapter 10: The Concept and Model of the Developmental Civil Society (DCS).- Chapter 11: Conclusion.