In 2013 almost half of Africa's top aid recipients were ruled by authoritarian regimes. While the West may claim to promote democracy and human rights, in pract

"A higher education history textbook on the history of authoritarianism in Africa"--

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often

Taxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers – an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about

This work seeks to examine the nature and dynamics of authoritarianism in Africa and to suggest ways in which the states covered in the book can be democratical