Benevolent and Enlightened Dictators, and Standards of Human Rights in Africa
AbstractDemocracy and the type of political leadership influences economic growth and social development in Africa. Democracy is not a high on the priority list, but successful economic development may later lead to democracy. The author suggests that Africa regards democracy as weak and that it may lead to anarchy. Africa requires its own type of workable democracy based on self esteem and social responsibility which extends to both the state and the individual. In order to achieve economic development there needs to be policy trade offs between democracy and development. Human rights in Africa differs from the concepts of those in the West with a shift from the emphasis on individual rights to those of the responsibility of both individuals and the State in the promotion of social development. |