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This book explores why democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa have made so little progress despite more than two decades of multi-party politics on the subcontinent. It employs collective action theory to investigate the effects of societal mobilizations on democratization processes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The introductory chapter clarifies the empirical scope of the study, explains how collective action theory is applied to democratization processes, and shows how this theoretical approach leads to a new appreciation of the role of civil society in the struggle for democracy. The final section of the chapter presents the structure of the book.
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Stuppert, W. (2020). Introduction. In: Political Mobilizations and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22792-0_1
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