Transnational Mobilization and Domestic Regime Change: Africa in Comparative Perspective

by H. Schmitz

Overview

Africa represents the next frontier of the transnational politics of democratization. Recent efforts to promote human rights and democracy have yielded a mixed record of success. A comparison of regime change in Kenya and Uganda reveals how principled interventions have unintentional adverse effects on the democratic reform process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403985385
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/13/2006
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

HANS PETER SCHMITZ is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University (New York), USA. Previously, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Human Rights Programme at the University of Chicago. He received his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His previous work was published in the International Studies Review, the Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, Vereinten Nationen as well as several edited volumes.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface and Acknowlegdements Acronyms Introduction Transnational Dimensions of Democratization From Repression to Democratic Reforms in Kenya and Uganda Successful Challenges to Authoritarian Rule Diverging Paths of Regime Change: Electoralist and Participatory Reforms How Transnational Mobilization Undermines Democratization The Limits of Multipartyism Conclusions: Transnational Mobilization Beyond Multiparty Rule Notes Appendix: List of Interview Partners Notes Bibliography Index