EAN: 9783631579954

NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENTS IN OFFICE - ELENA...

How does a liberation movement transform itself into a political party? What are the burdens
and liabilities that come about when these movements integrate in the democratic process? The
author tries to answer these questions analyzing SWAPO's war of independence against the South
African apartheid regime and the changes it went through once the party won the first free
elections in 1989. The authoritarian regime that emerged was the outcome of thirty years of
exile in neighboring Zambia and Angola. The latter and the consequences of the earlier
destruction of the African traditions  following the colonial intervention  gave way to a
specific African version of democracy. Is this democracy going to develop into a full  all
embracing system or it is going to end in democratic failure? The author looks deeply into the
historical and political past of the Namibian process and gives an optimistic  upbeat account
of an African democracy.

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