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Vom Camarade Zum Monsieur: Strukturanpassung Und Demokratisierung in Benin
[From 'Camarade' to 'Monsieur': Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Benin]

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  • Kohnert, Dirk
  • Preuss, Hans-Joachim
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The process of political and economic liberalisation in Benin is regarded as a model for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. Benin made history by becoming the first African country to overthrow a military dictator by democratic means. The civilian coup d'état cleared the way for economic recovery, too. The strengthening of democratic institutions, and the good will of the new government of the former high ranking World Bank-employee Soglo, to follow the recommendations of the structural adjustment program have been honoured by the donors' generosity. The recovery of the economy, however, was hampered by the underlying fabric of the socio-cultural structure of clientelism and patronage, which resulted in a situation in which the on-going structural adjustment program mainly served the vested interests of the state class and rival strategic groups, bargaining for the booty of increasing development assistance. Thus, socio-economic conditions for a self-sustaining development process and, consequently, increased development assistance are not yet met. Nevertheless, areas of co-operation do exist in the fields of liberty of press and opinion, basic needs and self-help organizations.

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  • Kohnert, Dirk & Preuss, Hans-Joachim, 1992. "Vom Camarade Zum Monsieur: Strukturanpassung Und Demokratisierung in Benin [From 'Camarade' to 'Monsieur': Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Benin]," MPRA Paper 3674, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:3674
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    1. Kohnert, Dirk, 1993. "Demokratisierung im frankophonen Afrika - 'Freie Bahn dem Liberalismus !'," EconStor Open Access Book Chapters, in: Jahrbuch Dritte Welt, pages 137-156, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    2. Kohnert, Dirk, 1993. "'Wir sind alle abgewertet!' Zur Anpassungskrise von Währung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in der CFA-Zone," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 35-45.
    3. Kohnert, Dirk & Preuss, Hans-Joachim, 2019. "Le démocracide furtif du Bénin - Comment la démocratie modèle de l'Afrique se tue peu à peu [Benin’s stealthy democracide - How Africa's model democracy commits suicide in stages]," MPRA Paper 96832, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Kohnert, Dirk, 2022. "'Enlightened' West African dictatorship challenged by state capture ? Insights from Benin, Togo and Senegal," MPRA Paper 114913, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Kohnert, Dirk, 2022. "Des dictatures ouest-africaines « éclairées » contestées par la capture de l'État ? Perspectives du Bénin, du Togo et du Sénégal ['Enlightened’ West African dictatorship challenged by state capture," MPRA Paper 114934, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Kohnert, Dirk & Preuss, Hans-Joachim, 2019. "Benin's stealthy democracide: How Africa's model democracy kills itself bit by bit," EconStor Preprints 205259, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    7. Kohnert, Dirk, 1991. "Sozio-Kulturelle Kurzanalyse: Benin [Socio-Cultural Proximate Analysis: Benin Republic]," MPRA Paper 83760, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    8. Kohnert, Dirk, 1993. "Demokratisierung im frankophonen Afrika - "Freie Bahn dem Liberalismus !" [Democratization in francophone Africa: "clear the path to liberalism!"]," MPRA Paper 83808, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Transition; structural adjustment; democratization; Bénin; frankophone Africa;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • P31 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal
    • P32 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Collectives; Communes; Agricultural Institutions
    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
    • P52 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Studies of Particular Economies
    • P33 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - International Trade, Finance, Investment, Relations, and Aid
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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