TY - BOOK AU - Metelits,Claire AU - Matti,Stephanie AU - de Jager,Nicola AU - Eizenga,Daniel AU - Houngnikpo,Mathurin C. AU - Okonofua,Benjamin A. AU - O'Regan,Davin AU - Taylor,Ian TI - Democratic Contestation on the Margins: Regimes in Small African Countries SN - 9780739193440 AV - JQ1879.A15D4617 2015 U1 - 320.96 PY - 2015/// CY - Blue Ridge Summit PB - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic KW - Democratization--Africa--Case studies KW - Authoritarianism--Africa--Case studies KW - Africa--Politics and government--Case studies KW - States, Small--Politics and government--Case studies KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2033804 ER -