Why Nations Fail Theory

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troduction: The study will be using the Why Nations Fail thesis as its main theory to justify the weak relationship between democracy and economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa, where the gap between the poor and the rich continuous to increase. The maintenance of multi party democracy in Sub Saharan Africa relies on the ability of states to maintain a strong economic and social welfare of their citizens. Also, the Modernization theory and the World system theory will be also be used to analysis certain inequalities between the West and Developing Countries. The chapter will also introduce the research methodology that the researcher will be using to analyze the basis of the research.
3.2: Theories
3.2.1: Why Nation Fail Theory
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Thus, Sub Saharan African states need to be inclusive for economic growth to occur consistently. It is a truism that most politicians controlling power in Sub Saharan Africa enrich themselves and use their massive wealth to build personalized security forces that will be loyal to them and help them to remain in power . A good example is president Biya of Cameroon who has been in power for more than 33 …show more content…

Modernization has been seen as a spring board guiding rapid development . The impetus of articulating this theory here is to manifest a theoretical correlation existing between wealth and democratic development. Modernization consists of a gradual differentiation and the specialization of social structures that culminates in a separation of political structures from other structures, and with the effect of making democracy possible . Thus, Przeworski and Limongi conclude that democracies are likely to die in poor countries and certain to survive in wealthy ones, once they are established

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