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American Democracy in Africa
in the Twenty-First Century?
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Hardcover, ISBN: 0-9653308-2-6, December 2000
272 pages, 6 illustrations, US $50.00
CONTENTS
About the Authors x
Acknowledgments xii
Preface xiii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Background 1
The United States and the Quest for Democracy in Africa 8
The Focus of the Book 11
Methodology 11
Organization 13
Conclusion 14
Notes 15
Chapter 2 American Democracy: Public Policy and Global African Communities 17
Historical Concepts of Democracy 18
Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Democracy 21
Public Policy, Racism, and Democracy 29
Dred Scott and the Tyrannical Majority 33
Plessy, White Public Opinion, and Public Policy 37
African American Activism, Public Policy, and Democracy 45
White Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Affirmative Action 49
Proportional Representation and Democracy 51
African American Concept of Democracy 53
African-Centered Scholarship and Africa 56
Emigration versus Assimilation 58
Pan-Africanism 59
African Americans and Foreign Policy 63
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy 66
Africa and Democracy 68
Conclusion 71
Notes 72
Chapter 3 Transferring the American Model of Democracy to Africa:
Opportunities and Limitations 79
The American Liberal Democratic Model 80
The Operational Dynamics of American Liberal Democracy 82
Transferring the American Democratic Model:
Opportunities and Limitations 85
Opportunities 86
Limitations 92
The Way Forward for Democracy in Africa 96
Conclusion 97
Notes 99
Chapter 4 The State, Economic Development, and Democracy in Africa 101
Africa’s Colonial Political Economy 102
Growth in the Size of Government: An Assessment 105
Growth in Government 105
Government Size and Economic Growth 110
Economic Performance 111
Political Institutions in Africa 114
The State and Democratic Institutions in Development 121
Conclusion 128
Notes 130
Chapter 5 The Influence of American Democracy on African Policy
and Communication 135
The Misfortunes of Democracy, Public
Policy, and Political Communication 136
Political Reforms and the Evolution of Democracy 144
Primary Models of European Colonial Rule 146
Enslavement, Democratic Advocacy, and Autocratic Privilege 149
The Campaign of Anticolonialism and the Building of Democracy 149
African Democratic Theory 154
The United States and Democracy 158
Conclusion 163
Notes 164
Chapter 6 American Democracy in Africa in the Twenty-First Century? 167
Democratizing Africa 171
Assessment of the Democratization Enterprise 175
The Difficulties in Building Democracy 180
American Democracy Thriving in Africa 184
The Assimilation of Africa in the Internationalization of Democracy 188
The Future of Democracy 192
Conclusion 196
Notes 198
Epilogue 201
Bibliography 203
Index 219

Illustrations

Figure 1. Growth in government size in sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–1994 109

Table 1. External Debt for Sub-Saharan Africa 110

Table 2. Ratings of Political Freedoms in African Countries
for Selected Years 116

Table 3. Political Economy Matrix of the Negative Impact
of Government Size on Economic Growth (Percent) 122

Table 4. Benefits of Democratic Market Institutions to Development 123

Table 5. African democracies, 1989 and 1999 173

Table 6. Africa: Indexes of Democratization 176

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