African Studies Keyword: Democracy
African Studies Keyword: Democracy
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非洲研究关键词：民主
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Sishuwa Sishuwa
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作者：
Nick Cheeseman;Sishuwa Sishuwa
抽象民主是英语中最有争议的词汇之一。在非洲，民主是否是殖民强加的问题使这些复杂性变得更加复杂。齐斯曼和西舒瓦为围绕民主的辩论提供了一部史书，追踪了这些叙述是如何随着时间的推移而发展起来的，并辩称，公众广泛支持他们所称的一种形式的“协商一致的民主”。这并不是说民主受到普遍喜爱，但尽管存在争议，民主仍然是政治生活中最令人信服的理想之一，即使在尚未实现民主的国家也是如此。
Abstract Democracy is one of the most contested words in the English language. In Africa, these complexities are compounded by the question of whether democracy is a colonial imposition. Cheeseman and Sishuwa provide a historiography of debates around democracy, track how these narratives have developed over time, and argue that there is widespread public support for a form of what they call “consensual democracy.” This is not to say that democracy is universally loved, but despite the controversy it remains one of the most compelling ideals in political life, even in countries in which it is has yet to be realized.