Democracy Betrayed: Corruption, Dictatorship, and Authoritarianism in Sierra LeoneDemocracy Betrayed: Corruption, Dictatorship, and Authoritarianism in Sierra Leone examines the root causes of electoral violence and political instability in Africa today. The book explores the nexus between state criminality, political violence, and the crisis of exploitative development in West Africa. Using Sierra Leone's post-war political environment as a case study, the book shows how electoral systems are operationalized to create and consolidate authoritarian regimes in Africa that serve the economic and geopolitical interests of international capital and local political elites. Is there any possibility for free and fair elections in Africa under the current dispensation? How do Africans deal with the many "electoral authoritarian regimes" that have come to power in their various countries? The answers to these questions constitute the core of this book. Thus, Democracy Betrayed provides a theoretical and empirical diagnosis of the pitfalls of neoliberal democracy in Africa, bringing to the forefront the dangerous complicity of international actors - multinational corporations, development agencies, and international finance - in shaping political landscapes in favor and defense of electoral authoritarian methods when they are actually unleashed in political contests. |
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