Conceptually and programmatically, there is no clear connection between the concepts of
\ndemocracy, culture and development. However, the influences of Western European countries in
\nthe implementation of democratic ideals and development models, plans and programs on the
\nAfrican continent, has created vast fields of play between them, in so doing informing and
\nblending into one another. It is in the context of this that this book comes to the fore. First, to
\nassess the question of whether development undergirds democracy or promotes democratic
\nimpulses. Second, to scrutinize the causal link between democracy and development, which is
\ntaken for granted in our times. Third and finally, to assess the claims of whether culture is dynamic
\nand fluid as it is in the era of increased global flows or as an entity to be compartmentalized or
\nunderstood in fixed terms. The book takes the concept of culture as its point of departure to
\nexplore political, economic and social phenomena, on the grounds that, whenever one defines
\nthe concept of development or democracy, the notion of culture assumes a deterministic and
\ninfluential role in it, and that the precepts of democracy or models of development are usually
\nmarked by tangible signs or sets of ideas, visions and claims, which ultimately determine the
\ncontours of culture. It is on these grounds that, not only does each of these three concepts
\nsupport or denote group or institutional practices, but also contains conceptual claims with
\nideological power.<\/p>\n
Alexius Amtaika is a Research Professor at University of Limpopo in South Africa. He holds a PhD
\nin Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa,
\nspecializing in Political Theory and Governance of Local States. He is the author and editor of four
\nbooks. He is a former recipient of the University of Michigan African Presidential Research
\nFellowship (2008-2009). He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African and Asian
\nLocal Government Studies.<\/p>\n
ISBN: 978-1-943533-19-0 \u0399 Published 2017 \u0399 Pan-African University Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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