Description: This study provides a refreshingly in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of constitutional provisions for managing the challenges of race, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, civil liberties and civil-military relations in Africa's transitional democracies.
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'In an era of interdisciplinary studies, globalization and transnationalism, this volume is a timely and remarkable contribution from scholars of diverse academic specializations and cultural experiences to the scholarship on African political studies...The essays are well-written, insightful, and lucidly analytical...This volume will certainly fill a major vacuum in the scholarship of contemporary African politics and society.' Associate Professor Olufemi Vaughan, State University of New York, USA
'This book offers some interesting reflections on the subject...There are instructive discussions on citizenship, ethnicity, the effects of imperialism, and the challenges of democratisation, to name but a few of the issues addressed in this book. It is a work which deserves to be warmly welcomed.' Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association
'...the editor has done a good job in presenting and synthesizing the main issues discussed in the volume...Overall, the volume provides a useful introduction to some of the principal issues facing African countries as they embark on improving their forms of governance.' African Studies Review