Sub-Saharan Africa: Implosion or Take-Off?
I. William Zartman
If the two main dimensions of independence are self-rule and self-development, Africa has slid downward on both dimensions over the last half century. Yet, further implosion is not the dominant scenario What is more likely is the continuation of “democratic autocracy.”
• Development and Democracy
• Causes and Effects
— The Economic Explanations
— The Institutionalization
— The Social Explanations
— The Cultural Explanations
— The Political Explanations
• Reform and Revival
• References