African Great Lakes Region: Governance and Politics

  • Author: Wioleta Gierszewska
  • Institution: University of Gdańsk (Poland)
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-9379
  • Author: Benjamin Mudaheranwa
  • Institution: Christian University of Rwanda (Rwanda)
  • Published online: 21 June 2021
  • Final submission: 7 July 2020
  • Printed issue: December 2021
  • Source: Show
  • Page no: 10
  • Pages: 109-118
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppsy202115
  • PDF: ppsy/50/ppsy202115.pdf

This article aims to indicate the sources of problems in the field of governance and politics in the African Great Lakes Region. The countries of this region play an essential role in the global socio-political and economic system. Their development is hampered by numerous external and internal conflicts resulting from both the historical and contemporary problems of the countries. Colonialism had a major impact on the development of African countries. It manifested itself, among other things, in the spread of political domination. Adopting state management patterns from European culture and attempt to transplant them on African ground without understanding local cultural conditions contributed too much post-colonial fresh and modern conflict. Examples of this are failures to establish liberal democracy and its crises in the African Great Lakes Region.

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