Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these.

Introduction: Structural and Institutional Factors in the Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa - Kidane Mengisteab
Problematizing "Liberation" and Democratization in Post-independenceEritrea - Gaim Kibreab
Prospects for Democracy in the Newest Country, South Sudan - Leben Nelson Moro and Kuyang Harriet Logo
The Quest for Alternatives in Overcoming the Democratization Deficit in Ethiopia - Kassahun Berhanu
Parliament-Public Engagement in Ethiopia: A Weak Link in Democratic Transformation - Meheret Ayenew
Challenges and Prospects of Democratization in Sudan - Amr M A Mahgoub Mahgoub
A Caring Patronage System for the Sudanese Democratization Process: Compilation of Incompatibles? by Asma Hussein M. Adam - Asma Hussein M. Adam
Contestation of Democracy in Kenya - Macharia Munene
Understanding the Three Paradoxical Trajectories: Democracy, Clan, and Islam in the State-Building Process of Somaliland - Mohamed A. Mohamoud Mohamoud
Developing an Alternative Approach to Democratization in the Transitional Societies of the Greater Horn - Kidane Mengisteab
Conclusion - Kidane Mengisteab