Metelits, Claire. <br/><br/>
Democratic Contestation on the Margins :  Regimes in Small African Countries. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (185 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Democratic Contestation on the Margins -- 2 Competitive Authoritarianism and Theories of Regime Change -- 3 Democratic Contestation in Botswana -- 4 Eroding Democracy -- 5 Political Uncertainty in Burkina Faso -- 6 Democratic Governance in the "New" Republic of Togo -- 7 Authoritarianism and Geostrategic Politics in Djibouti -- 8 Cycles of Regime Change in Guinea-Bissau -- 9 Listening to the Margins -- Index -- About the Contributors. 
<br/><br/> This edited volume adds to the growing body of knowledge on democratic and authoritarian regimes in sub-Saharan Africa, expanding the analysis to countries that have, to date, received scant attention. The authors examine democratic contestation in six countries as well as explanations for their trajectories. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780739193440 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democratization--Africa--Case studies.<br/>Authoritarianism--Africa--Case studies.<br/>Africa--Politics and government--Case studies.<br/>States, Small--Politics and government--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1879.A15D4617 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.96