Cooperative collegial democracy for Africa and multi-ethnic societies [electronic resource] : democracy without tears / Emefiena Ezeani.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is democracy? -- Centripetalism : a competitive model of democracy -- Consociationalism : a quasi-cooperative model of democracy -- Democracy in pre-colonial and post-colonial Africa -- Ethnicity, religion, the judiciary and liberal democracy in a multi-ethnic society -- Godfatherism, privatisation of the state and diminution of political space -- Giovanni Sartori : political parties, party-less state and competitive democracy -- The unanswered national questions and the party model of democracy -- The party system and some specific issues -- Voting under the veil of ignorance and the belief in the people's power -- Cooperative collegial democracy : a workable model for Africa and multi-ethnic societies -- Epilogue : corruption and democracy : learning from the Nigerian experience.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.