Consensus as Democracy in Africa

Consensus as Democracy in Africa
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Publisher : African Books Collective
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781920033361
ISBN-13 : 192003336X
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Download or read book Consensus as Democracy in Africa written by Bernard Matolino and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some philosophers on the African continent and beyond are convinced that consensus, as a polity, represents the best chance for Africa to fully democratise. In Consensus as Democracy in Africa, Bernard Matolino challenges the basic assumptions built into consensus as a social and political theory. Central to his challenge to the claimed viability of consensus as a democratic system are three major questions: Is consensus genuinely superior to its majoritarian counterpart? Is consensus itself truly a democratic system? Is consensus sufficiently different from the one-party system? In taking up these issues and others closely associated with them, Matolino shows that consensus as a system of democracy encounters several challenges that make its viability highly doubtful. Matolino then attempts a combination of an understanding of an authentic mode of democracy with African reality to work out what a more desirable polity would be for the continent.


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