«You Europeans, you are just like Fish!». Some sceptical relfections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa

The author of this article proposes an extremely critical examination of some of the theoretical assumptions frequently ideological in nature, underlying the scientific and political discussion around the concepts of «modernisation», «development», and «democratisation». His conclusion is that Afric...

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Main Author:	Tom Young
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2002-12-01
Series:	Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Subjects:	Africa democratization development modernity
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/cea/1088

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title	«You Europeans, you are just like Fish!». Some sceptical relfections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa
title_short	«You Europeans, you are just like Fish!». Some sceptical relfections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa
title_full	«You Europeans, you are just like Fish!». Some sceptical relfections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa
title_fullStr	«You Europeans, you are just like Fish!». Some sceptical relfections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa
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title_sort	«you europeans, you are just like fish!». some sceptical relfections on modernity and democratisation in africa
publisher	Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
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description	The author of this article proposes an extremely critical examination of some of the theoretical assumptions frequently ideological in nature, underlying the scientific and political discussion around the concepts of «modernisation», «development», and «democratisation». His conclusion is that African reality can only be adequately understood by means of approaches freed from a number of current ideas, and that only on this basis will it be possible to define valid strategies.
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«You Europeans, you are just like Fish!». Some sceptical relfections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa

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