Table of Contents

Introduction 1. A General Theoretical Analysis: Ethnicity (ethnopolitics) and Democratic Transition 2. The Fallacy of Existing Transition Models: Consociationalism Revisited 3. Rwanda: The Pre-colonial and Colonial Background 4. The First Republic (1959 – 1973) 5. When Democratic Transition Killed 6. Slouching Towards Democratic Transition 7. Crowning the Transition? The 2003 Legislative and Presidential Elections Conclusion

About the Author

David Kiwuwa is Lecturer, Dept of International Relations, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.