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National Liberation Movements in Office

Forging Democracy with African Adjectives in Namibia

Elena Torreguitar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

504 Seiten

2009
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-57995-4 (ISBN)

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How does a liberation movement transform itself into a political party? What are the burdens and liabilities that come about when these movements integrate in the democratic process? The author tries to answer these questions analyzing SWAPO's war of independence against the South African apartheid regime and the changes it went through once the party won the first free elections in 1989. The authoritarian regime that emerged was the outcome of thirty years of exile in neighboring Zambia and Angola. The latter and the consequences of the earlier destruction of the African traditions, following the colonial intervention, gave way to a specific African version of democracy. Is this democracy going to develop into a full, all embracing system or it is going to end in democratic failure? The author looks deeply into the historical and political past of the Namibian process and gives an optimistic, upbeat account of an African democracy.

The Author: Elena Torreguitar was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina). She studied in Buenos Aires and Madrid and wrote her Ph.D. at Boston University.

Content: Democracy - African Democracy - Namibia, South Africa and the UN - The formation of SWAPO - Liberation Movements - Liberation War - Repression and the Detainees Issue - Inside Namibia and Abroad - Independence, Peace Accords, Elections and the Role of the UN - Namibia in its Regional Context: Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique and South Africa.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.9.2009
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes ; 567
Verlagsort	Frankfurt a.M.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Schlagworte	Adjectives • African • Civil Society • Democracy • exile • forging • Hardcover, Softcover / Politikwissenschaft • liberation • movements • Namibia • national • Office • Repression • Torreguitar • War of liberation • with
ISBN-10	3-631-57995-0 / 3631579950
ISBN-13	978-3-631-57995-4 / 9783631579954
Zustand	Neuware