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African Great Lakes Region: Governance and Politics
African Great Lakes Region: Governance and Politics

Author(s): Wioleta Gierszewska, Benjamin Mudaheranwa
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: African Great Lakes Region; governance; politics; democracy; elections; African crisis; African Polities

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to indicate the sources of problems in the field of governance and politics in the African Great Lakes Region. The countries of this region play an essential role in the global socio-political and economic system. Their development is hampered by numerous external and internal conflicts resulting from both the historical and contempo-rary problems of the countries. Colonialism had a major impact on the development of Afri-can countries. It manifested itself, among other things, in the spread of political domination. Adopting state management patterns from European culture and attempt to transplant them on African ground without understanding local cultural conditions contributed too much post-colonial fresh and modern conflict. Examples of this are failures to establish liberal democracy and its crises in the African Great Lakes Region.

  • Issue Year: 50/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 109-118
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English