Zur Kluft zwischen Verfassungsgebung und Verfassungswirklichkeit im Demokratisierungsprozeß Benins

Abstract: The process of democratization in Benin has been praised as a model for the whole of francophone Africa. Initiated by an independent National-Conference the process of democratic renewal started with a bloodless coup of representatives of different groups of the civil society. Declared aims of this conference were, to guarantee basic human rights, to substitute the "Marxist" Kérékou-Regime by a democratic elected government, and to draft a new liberal-democratic constitution. Officially, each of these aims had been reached within one year. The new constitution was adopted through a referendum by a large majority of the population in December 1990. In the following four years the formal constitutional political structures, meant to guarantee the balance of power were implanted. However, the political elite which dominated the democratization process pursued a hidden agenda. Moreover, the liberalization of society and economy, propagated by the international donor community, had ambi

Object Details

• Alternative title: On the divide between constitutional legislation and constitutional reality in the democratization process in Benin Republique
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Nord-Süd aktuell (1996) 1 ; 73-84

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Recht
• Keyword: Verfassunggebung ; Verfassungswirklichkeit ; Nation ; Benin ; Frankreich ; Afrika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 1996
• Creator: Kohnert, Dirk

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55956-0
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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