Democratic Renewal in Africa

Raufu Musptaha, St. Anthony's College, Oxford, UK Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Cornell University, USA Andre Mangu, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Bolaji Kehinde, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Kibet Ngetich, Egerton University, Kenya

1. Democratic Renewal in Africa: Trends and Lessons Learned; Said Adejumobi 2. Assessing Trends in African Democratization: Methods and Challenges; Abdul Raufu Mustapha 3. Beyond Authoritarianism: Elections and the Changing Dynamics of State- Society Relations in Africa; Said Adejumobi 4. The Origin of African Constitutions, Elusive Constitutionalism and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy; Tukumbi Lumumba Kasongo 5. Africa's Long Road to Constitutionalism and Democracy: Two Decades on; Andre Mangu 6. Towards a People Driven Constitution: Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges of the Kenyan Experience; Kibet A. Ngetich 7. The Political Economy of Corruption in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse; Said Adejumobi 8. Regional Organizations and Democratization in Africa: The ECOWAS Experience; Kehinde A. Bolaji