| Preface | |
| 1 | The Need for Some Alternative Ideas | 1 |
| 2 | How Africa Fits into Democratic Theory | 15 |
| 3 | Changing Identities: Memory, Culture, and Revolt | 79 |
| 4 | The Emergence of New Patterns of Free Expression | 109 |
| 5 | Democracy and the Politics of the Sacred | 127 |
| 6 | Civil Society and Public Sphere: The New Stakeholders | 145 |
| 7 | A Theory of Disenchantment and Violence: Rwanda and Other Tragedies | 163 |
| References | 191 |
| Index | 211 |
| About the Book | 219 |