Weep for the one who descends? African democracies, politics of stomach infrastructure, and homology of corruption

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    Abstract

    This article discusses contemporary African democratic practices vis-à-vis politics of stomach infrastructure that debilitates sustainable infrastructural development in the region. In this article, clarifications are articulated within four interlinked phenomena: the enthusiasm for democracy, its collapse, and the resurgence of hybrid-democratic order that metamorphosed into politics of stomach infrastructure that facilitates corruption in African postcolonial state. It unravels the existing democratic prototype against ideal democratic order. The article considered the prevailing democratic inclination moseyed through citizens and political elite’s armistice that presage democratic peril. The article argued that unscrupulous political collaboration and democratic debauchery that exist between the political elites and the electorates craft an opportunity for institutionalized corruption in the region. Finally, the article found homogenous paradigms of corruption in the selected African states, including South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)240-258
    Number of pages19
    JournalInternational Journal of Public Administration
    Volume42
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 18 Jan 2018

    Keywords

    • Africa
    • democracy
    • politics of stomach infrastructure
    • corruption
    • sustainable development

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