Nasong'o, Shadrack Wanjala. <br/><br/>
Contending political paradigms in Africa :  rationality and the politics of democratization in Kenya and Zambia / 
Shadrack Wanjala Nasong'o. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2005. 
 - xx, 225 p ;  23 cm. 
 - African studies .
 - African studies (Routledge Firm). .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-219) and index. 
<br/><br/>Emergence of authoritarianism -- The forces of democratization -- The centrality of civil society -- The role of ethnicity -- The primacy of electoral system design -- Rational politics and democratization -- Prospects democratic consolidation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415646963 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005011570 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comparative government.<br/>Democratization--Africa.<br/>Democratization--Kenya.<br/>Democratization--Zambia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Politics and government--1960-.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1879  / .A15N37 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.96