Week 7 Day 1: GIANT STEPS TOWARD DEMOCRACY

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Consider the following:

• How did African authoritarian rulers concentrate state power during the first three decades following independence?
• What are the main factors behind African democratic transitions in the 1990s? (which readings help you with this question?)
• What would one anticipate the quality of African democracies?
• How would one go about assessing this democratic quality?

Week 7 Day 2: REFLECTIONS ON DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA (OR DEMOCRACY, AFRICA’S WAY)

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Consider the following:

1. What is democracy?
2. What key values are embedded in democracy?
3. What are the fundamental principles of democracy?
4. What are the signs of an undemocratic system?
5. Why is democracy desirable? What are its benefits?
6. What conditions must be in place for democracy to thrive? (necessary / sufficient)
7. What are some threats to African democracy?
8. Which speaker(s) pushed your thinking the most? Why?