Dave Peterson is director of the Africa program at the National Endowment for Democracy. He has traveled to more than forty African countries, including a visit to Burundi in 2004, and has published numerous articles on African politics.
After a long and bloody civil conflict, Burundi has established a new democratic regime. Does its tenuous but hopeful example hold lessons that might help its troubled neighbors?
At a time when democracy seems to be in retreat in many parts of the world, Africa presents a more mixed picture. Democratization in Africa: Progress and Retreat brings into focus the complex landscape of African politics by pairing broad analytical surveys with country-specific case studies.
