Arbeitspapier

Benin's stealthy democracide: How Africa's model democracy kills itself bit by bit

A 'democratic recession' is to be observed, which is not restricted to Sub-Sahara Africa but spreads worldwide since the beginning of the 21st century. Instead of concentrating on the outward appearance of a democratic form of government, greater attention should be paid to good governance and the stealthy erosion of democratic institutions, even in formerly shining examples and African 'model democracies' like Benin and Senegal. It went along with the rise of populist new nationalism and lack of regard of the concerned for the need to defend democracy actively. The lingering process of the decline of democratic institutions is driven by increasingly poor governance and disregard for the rule of law and transparency, which has been especially pronounced in African countries since the early 2000s. On the other hand, recent examples of African social movements that successfully campaigned for a democratic renaissance in Africa and elsewhere are promising indicators of progressive social forces that counteract global trends of the resurgence of right-wing nationalism and autocratic rule.

Language
Englisch

Classification
Wirtschaft
Foreign Aid
Civil Law; Common Law
Election Law
Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Africa; Oceania
Regional and Urban History: Africa; Oceania
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Subject
Benin
Democratization
Senegal
Togo
democratic recession
social movements
governance

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kohnert, Dirk
Preuss, Hans-Joachim
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
(where)
Kiel, Hamburg
(when)
2019

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Kohnert, Dirk
  • Preuss, Hans-Joachim
  • ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Time of origin

  • 2019

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