Author: Peter Meyns | Journal of Democracy

Peter Meyns is professor of politics at the University of Duisburg in Germany. His recent publications include Konflict und Entwicklung im Südlichen Afrika (2000) and, as coeditor, Transformationsprobleme im portugiesischsprachigen Afrika (2001).

July 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3

Cape Verde: An African Exception

Peter Meyns

The small, Portuguese-speaking island republic of Cape Verde offers a suggestive case study of successful democratic consolidation.