Democracy and Revolution as Tools for Nation-Building in Africa

Charles E. Ekpo and Jide Chime
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Charles E. Ekpo: Department of History & Int?l Studies, University of Calabar, Calabar-Nigeria
Jide Chime: Department of Political Science, Enugu State University of Science & Technology (ESUST), Enugu-Nigeria

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2016, vol. 2, issue 8, 152-158

Abstract: The terms ‘revolution’ and ‘democracy’ are unarguably among the most popular concepts in the lexicon of political science. These concepts have been used in different dimensions and perspectives but little has been done in unshielding the beclouded imperatives of these concepts as recycling elements of nation-building. This work focuses on democracy and revolution as veritable tools for nation-building. It argues that democracy, if not practiced in line with the established terms and conditions of the social contract that established it, may culminate in revolution; the aftermath being a better and genuine democratic culture. That is to say, revolution starts where democracy ends and the mass consciousness and ideology embedded in a particular social revolution results in a better and more unified nation-state; unity being the basic ingredient in nation-building. Both secondary and tertiary evidences have been utilized in solving the puzzles in this paper.

Keywords: Democracy; Revolution; Nation-building; Social contract; Colonial democracy; Problems of Nation-building. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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