Un Paese in via di sottosviluppo

A consolidated democracy requires that democratic institutions are not only built but also valued. Democracy can be installed without democrats, but it cannot be consolidated without them. Political actors may initially see a founding election as the “least worst” alternative to solve an intractable political standoff or to induce political movement in an ossified regime. Democracy may even survive in the short run under the force of these kinds of strategic calculations, but democracy will truly last only when political actors learn to love it. Until elites and citizens alike come to cherish rule by the people and exhibit a willingness to stand up for it, there will be no permanent defense against tyranny.

Bratton, Van de Walle, Democratic Experiments in Africa, p.279

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Credo che se gli autori avessero eseguito gli stessi “esperimenti democratici” dalle nostre parti l’assunto sarebbe stato pressoché il medesimo.

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[Addio a Miriam Makeba: una grande donna che ha lottato per la democrazia nel suo Paese e nella sua Africa]