Abstract
It was the American journalist and political commentator, Fareed Zakaria, in the book The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, who argued that democratization everywhere is shifting power downward. According to him, the process of democratization goes far beyond politics and result in hierarchies, “breaking down, closed systems, are opening up, and pressures from the masses are now the primary engine of social change. Democracy has gone far from being a form of government to a way of life.” The role of political parties all over the world in facilitating the shift of power to the people (downwards) is quite remarkable.
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Lukman, Salihu Moh.
(2020)
"Nigerian Democratization and Internal Party Contest for Leadership,"
Journal of African Policy Studies: Vol. 26:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/joaps/vol26/iss1/6