The greatest challenge is to ‘reconcile the territorial dimensions of citizenship with the temporal dimensions: acting in the present for the sake of the future, establishing zones of humane governance as building blocks’. [...] These fundamental human rights and liberties include, at least since the 1948 United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the following: •. the fundamental right of the human person to life, dignity, and security; •. freedom of religion, assembly, expression, the press, and conscience; •. economic, social, and cultural rights – the idea of democracy as a means of satisfying and resp [...] The element of choice logically implies that democracy is government by the consent of the governed; •. the right of citizens to participate in the management of public affairs through a variety of means, such as free, transparent, and democratic elections; decentralised governmental structures; non-governmental organisations (NGOs); and community-based organisations. [...] The first he regards as ‘minimalist’: liberal democracy, for Ake, reflects the narrow interests of elites, privileges multi-party elections and democratic procedure, and has a belief in the supremacy of the constitution and the ‘democracy of Western governments and the Bretton Woods institutions’. [...] Harbeson (1999: 42–43) argues that one of the limitations of much of the existing body of literature on democratisation is the ‘election-centric’ conception of the transition phases and the often unrealistic expectations that accompany this period.
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- 327.1160968
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- 22
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- 9781552504260 9781868144532
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- JQ2720.A91
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- S43 2007eb
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 9
- Acronyms and Abbreviations 12
- Chapter 1: Democratic Governance and Security: A Conceptual Exploration 16
- Chapter 2: Comparative Perspectives on Regional Security Co-operation among Developing Countries 38
- Chapter 3: Southern African Security in Historical Perspective 60
- Chapter 4: Botswana 76
- Chapter 5: Lesotho 95
- Chapter 6: Mauritius 113
- Chapter 7: Mozambique 123
- Chapter 8: Namibia 138
- Chapter 9: Seychelles 157
- Chapter 10: South Africa 170
- Chapter 11: Swaziland 187
- Chapter 12: Tanzania 207
- Chapter 13: Zambia 221
- Chapter 14: Zimbabwe 236
- Chapter 15: Conclusions 248
- Appendix 1: Research Briefing: Democratic Governance and Common Security in Southern Africa 265
- Appendix 2: The Southern African Defence and Security Management Network 269
- Bibliography 277
- Index 297
- A 297
- B 297
- C 297
- D 298
- E 298
- F 299
- G 299
- H 299
- I 299
- J 299
- K 299
- L 299
- M 300
- N 300
- O 301
- P 301
- R 301
- S 301
- T 302
- U 303
- V 303
- W 303
- Z 303
