Where is uhuru? : reflections on the struggle for democracy in Africa / Issa G. Shivji, edited by Godwin R Murungu

By:

SHIVJI, Issa G

Contributor(s):

Godwin R. Murungu

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cape Town : Pambazuka Press, 2009.Description: vi, 246p. ; 23cmISBN:

978-1-906387-46-4

Subject(s):

Pan-Africanism. Tanzania -- Politics and government -- 1964- Zanzibar -- Politics and government -- 1964-

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 321.8096 SHI

Summary: The neoliberal project, led by the IMF and World Bank, promised to correct many of the distortions in the African postcolonial environment and pledged to engineer liberalization and expand democratic space through competitive multiparty elections. Decades later, few people, if any, can testify to the success of the envisaged reforms. Instead, neoliberalism failed to guarantee a sustainable basis for freedom, rights and prosperity.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	NFIC	321.8096 SHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00008697

Includes bibliography and index

The neoliberal project, led by the IMF and World Bank, promised to correct many of the distortions in the African postcolonial environment and pledged to engineer liberalization and expand democratic space through competitive multiparty elections. Decades later, few people, if any, can testify to the success of the envisaged reforms. Instead, neoliberalism failed to guarantee a sustainable basis for freedom, rights and prosperity.

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