Download or read book Breaking Barriers, Creating New Hopes written by Abdalla Bujra and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of Africa's current strides towards democracy, good governance and the interposition of the civil society in the process. The authors identify and delineates the phases of these processes and examine key theoretical and methodological issues of the governance project. Also includes analysis of hitherto neglected issues such as gender, pastoralism, ethnicity, constitutionalism, local governance, the economy and the African Union. Reviews six country case studies on progress so far: Botswana, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia and Ethiopia.