This book examines the relationship between development economics, social protection and democratization in the specific context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Moving existing theories of transformation into a new terrain, it sheds light on the exclusive origins of dictatorship and democracy.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction: Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa 1. Theoretical Framework: Democracy, System Transformation and Welfare Regimes PART I: KEY ISSUES AND PARAMETERS 2. Pathways of Development 3. Systemic Problems and Structural Challenges 4. Poverty and Human Development PART II: SOCIAL PROTECTION 5. Labour Market, Poverty Relief and Health 6. Education, Child Protection, and Gender Equality 7. Hunger, Food Security, Safe Water and Sanitation PART III: SOCIAL CONFLICTS, MODERNIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION 8. Social Conflicts and the Politics of Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa 9. Democratization and Consolidation of Democratic Institutions Conclusions: The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Circa l’autore
Alfio Cerami has been Research Associate at the Centre d’études européennes at Sciences Po, France and an international consultant for the UNICEF. He has also held appointments at University of Erfurt, Germany, at the Centre for German and European Studies of the State University of St Petersburg, Russia and at Southern Methodist University in Paris, France. His research concentrates on how political, economic, and social transformations influence the process of democratization and of consolidation of democratic institutions.
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