Towards Democratic Citizenship

The book uses national and public opinion data to
investigate state failure, state legitimacy and
citizens sense of national identity in selected new
democracies in Africa. The book tests the duality
argument between Urban and Rural Africa in
constitutionalism and national identity and uses
advanced statistical techniques that account for the
local, ethnic and regional variations in public
opinion across nations. It concludes
with relevant lessons for democratic sustainability
and the democratization of the customary sector in
Africa.

Autorentext
Berhane Araia is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at
the University at Albany, State University of New York. He
received his PhD and in sociology from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. His primary research area is citizenship,
political identity and democratization in post-colonial African
societies.

Klappentext
The book uses national and public opinion data to investigate state failure, state legitimacy and citizens' sense of national identity in selected new democracies in Africa. The book tests the duality argument between Urban and Rural Africa in constitutionalism and national identity and uses advanced statistical techniques that account for the local, ethnic and regional variations in public opinion across nations. It concludes with relevant lessons for democratic sustainability and the democratization of the customary sector in Africa.