Democratic Engineering in Rwanda and Burundi

In Democratic Engineering in Rwanda and Burundi the
author argues that a democratic model which is suitable for
single-cultural societies may not be applicable in multicultural
societies; he illustrates that the liberal and socialist theories have
not addressed the issue of national minorities which threatens peace and
stability in most African countries. The author investigates the form
of democratic engineering that would harmonise ethnic relations and
guard against ethnic discrimination and violence. He explores the
consociational and integrative theories to identify a suitable
democratic system that would stabilise Rwanda and Burundi. He analyses
the pros and the cons of the present options adopted by Rwanda and
Burundi to address the question of ethnicity and also assesses the
potential of a number of other solutions.