Foreword / Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Professor of International Relations, Cornell University
Introduction: Re-representing Africa's third wave in comparative democratic theory
1: Africa in democratic waves: theoretical considerations and issues
2: Meaning of democracy in Africa: ideas in social construction
3: Establishing modern democracy: the global second wave and de-colonization
4: Africa's third wave of democracy: from post-World War II "uhurus" to post-cold war "sopis"
5: Post-cold war pluralist democracy: freedom and human rights in a global democratic era
6: Electoral authoritarians and delegative democrats: reconstructing democratic consolidation in Africa
7: Democratic capitalism and the crisis of democracy: democracy and development
Conclusion: Predicting the future for democracy in Africa
