eprintid: 1503
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2013-09-17 11:32:12
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creators_name: Adetiloye, K. A.
creators_name: Duruji, M. M.
creators_id: durujimoses@yahoo.com
title: MILITARY RESURGENCE IN AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE DRIVE FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
ispublished: pub
subjects: JA
divisions: sch_hum
full_text_status: public
abstract: The  spate  of  democratic  wave  that  blew  across  the  continent  of  Africa  in  the  1990s  came  with  the  hope  of 
economic transformation and an end to the decades of backwardness, poverty and want. Prior to this period, 
democratic governance was the exception rather than the norm. Military high command across the continent 
dictated the pace for many decades and most times falling short of the messianic appeal  that drew them into 
politics and governing with their diktat nature and abuse of human rights, the economies of most countries of 
the continent where the military juntas were entrenched, experienced stall and retrogression, creating contrition 
for  grumbling  by  the  weakened  civil  society  in  these  countries.  However,  the  turn  in  the  dynamics  of  the 
international  system  following  the  collapse  of  communism  and  insistence  of  the  continent’s  development 
partners  on  democratization,  compelled  many  of  the  military  juntas  to  retreat  back  to  their  barracks,  thus 
opening the space for inflow of investments which is in dire need to reverberate the ailing economies. But after 
a  brief  spell  of  power  in  the  hands  of the civilian authorities, the lustre  of  power  seem  to  be   drawing  some 
elements in the military high command to the old scenarios which resemble a reverse wave of democratization, 
thus allowing the gains of civilian advancement to be lost while the countries relapse. One of the expected areas 
of  relapses  with  the  resurgence  of  the  military  back  in  power  is  in  capital  flows  into  the  countries  for 
development purposes. The examines these issues and concludes that the resurgence of military rule in the West 
African sub-region is a set back to the development of the countries in the sub-region
date: 2013-09
date_type: published
publication: Covenant Journal of Politics and International Affairs
volume: 1
number: 1
pagerange: 45-61
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Adetiloye, K. A. and Duruji, M. M.  (2013) MILITARY RESURGENCE IN AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE DRIVE FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT.  Covenant Journal of Politics and International Affairs, 1 (1).  pp. 45-61.      
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