Consensus as Democracy in Africa (African Humanities)

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Some philosophers on the African continent and beyond are convinced that consensus, as a polity, represents the best chance for Africa to fully democratise. In Consensus as Democracy in Africa, Bernard Matolino challenges the basic assumptions built into consensus as a social and political theory. Central to his challenge to the claimed viability of consensus as a democratic system are three major questions: Is consensus genuinely superior to its majoritarian counterpart? Is consensus itself truly a democratic system? Is consensus sufficiently different from the one-party system? In taking up these issues and others closely associated with them, Matolino shows that consensus as a system of democracy encounters several challenges that make its viability highly doubtful. Matolino then attempts a combination of an understanding of an authentic mode of democracy with African reality to work out what a more desirable polity would be for the continent.

  • | Author: Matolino, Bernard
  • | Publisher: NISC (Pty) Ltd
  • | Publication Date: Dec 28, 2018
  • | Number of Pages: 240 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 1920033319
  • | ISBN-13: 9781920033316
Author:
Matolino, Bernard
Publisher:
NISC (Pty) Ltd
Publication Date:
Dec 28, 2018
Number of pages:
240 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1920033319
ISBN-13:
9781920033316