How People View Democracy: Africans’ Surprising Universalism

Issue Date January 2001
Volume 12
Issue 1
Page Numbers 107-121
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Although Africa is a latecomer to democratization, Africans overwhelmingly support democracy, and their conception of democracy is surprisingly liberal.

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