A global political economy of democratisation : beyond the internal-external divide

Part I. Theoretical and methodological underpinnings : Beyond the state we're in: The mutual constitution of the domestic and international domains -- Part II. Democratisation revisited: The liberal project redux : Ideology of imperialism: Capitalism, liberalism and 'democracy' -- 'We all know a democracy when we see one': Promulgating the orthodox notion of democracy -- Imperial liberties: The global constitution of neoliberal democracy in Africa -- Encountering the orthodoxy: More on the limits and antinomies of (neo) liberal democracy -- Part III. Expropriating the expropriators: Reclaiming African political history : Peoples without democracy? Precolonial political communities and mindscapes -- Enter the (neo)colony: Anti-democracy and the (neo)colonial condition.