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Closing
the Circle is a provocative, sober analysis
of the struggles to construct democracy in Africa.
Well-known African Studies scholar Richard
Sandbrook argues that Africa's problems will not be
solved until order is created. And in the creation
of order, politics is primary.
In this his eighth book on Africa, Sandbrook
explores the realities and possibilities of
democracy in Africa. He argues for the necessity of
a "virtuous" and self-reinforcing circle of civil
and political rights, growing prosperity, and state
renovation.
In the end, says Sandbrook, Africa's tragedy is
that external as well as internal constraints
operate--and that both require attention. He makes
a radical call for a supportive social-democratic
reform of globalization.
Richard Sandbrook is a professor of
Political Science at the University of Toronto, and
has authored and co-edited seven other books on
politics and economics in Africa. For the past
dozen years his research has focused on the
relationship between democratization and
development in the sub-Saharan region.
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