Democratizing in Excess:

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" Democratizing in Excess: "
Agbo, Joseph N.; Chimakonam, Jonathan O.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	911601
Doc. No	:	LA7855m1sc
Title & Author	:	Democratizing in Excess:. A Marxist Interpretation of the Jasmine Revolutions in North Africa [Article]\ Agbo, Joseph N.; Chimakonam, Jonathan O.
Date	:	2015
Title of Periodical	:	UCLA
Abstract	:	Whether the revolutions in North Africa are Marxist or democratic, they sure have Marxist touch in that they grew out of people’s frustration with unemployment, elitist corruption, high cost of food, human right abuses, lack of freedom of speech and general poor living conditions. Although they are inspired by democratic desires and supported by democratic influences, which are curiously excessive, they nonetheless exhibit elements of Marxism. This paper aims at three things: to provide a Marxist interpretation to the revolutions in North Africa, to point out the influence which democracy or the democratic ideals had on them, and to extrapolate on the unintended consequences of excessive democratic influence.