TY - BOOK AU - Clark,John Frank TI - The failure of democracy in the Republic of Congo SN - 1588265552 AV - JQ3406.A58 C53 2008 U1 - 967.2405 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers KW - Democracy KW - Congo (Brazzaville) KW - Democratization KW - Politics and government KW - 1960-1997 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index; The Republic of Congo : failure of a democratic experiment -- Structure, agency, and the collapse of democracy -- History and political culture as context -- Political economy and the trajectory of multiparty politics -- The challenge of ethnic and regional identities -- The army and militias : forces in conflict -- The constitution and political institutions -- The complex impact of French policy -- Understanding the failed experiment in Congo -- After the experiment : electoral authoritarianism since 1997 ER -