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Non -violent Revolution As A Means Of Democratic Change In Africa
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1.3 Objectives of the Study
The broad objective of
this study is to examine how non-violent revolution by the people of
Egypt contributed in achieving democratic changes in Egypt. The specific
objectives are;
i. To examine the extent to which the Egyptian non-violent revolution brought about democratic changes in Egypt.
ii. To ascertain if the democratic changes enhanced the standard of living of people of Egypt.
iii.
To determine how the activities of the elites, the military and Islamic
forces against Hosni Mubarak contributed in ensuring democratic changes
in Egypt.
1.4 Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses were posited to guide the study
i. The Egyptian non-violent revolution has brought about democratic change in Egypt.
ii. The democratic changes have fundamentally enhanced standards of living of the people of Egypt.
iii.
The activities of elites, military and Islamic forces against Hosni
Mubarak contributed essentially in ensuring democratic changes in Egypt.
1.5 Significance of the study
The study has both theoretical and empirical significances.
Theoretically, the study contributes to the literature on revolution. It
will open new vista of knowledge on the subject, thus providing
concerned stakeholders opportunity of understanding the causal factors
of revolution, the establishment of an autocratic regime and mechanism
despots use to entrench themselves in power.
Empirically,
the study brings out the role of the civil societies in a successful
non-violent revolution and seeks to enumerate elements that help in
understanding that a democratic dispensation could be established. This
is significant in the sense that it brings to bare factors that pull
toward a protest or revolution within a country of study. Also the study
is significant in that it attempts to proffer solutions towards solving
the problem of autocratic rule through a vibrant civil societies
thereby leading to mass participation in politics.
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the sudy
The study concentrates on non-violent revolution as a means of
democratic change in Africa with particular focus on Egypt. The study
covers the period of 2011 which was the period that witnessed the
non-violent revolution by Egyptians against the dictatorial rule of
Hosni Mubarak.
The research was constrained by lack of
relevant editions at materials of the subject matter, also official
secrecy of information which are empirically, scientifically and
analytically valuable to the research was a source of concern.
Time was also another constraint since academic work of this nature is time limited.
1.7 Operationalization of terms
In every academic endeavour such as this characterized by utmost
magnitude and significance, words or groups of words are always borrowed
to assist in the achievement of stated objectives. In order to properly
situation the research in right perspective, it is indeed very
important that words used in this research are explained. There are:
Non-violent: It means being peaceful, i.e. devoid of harm, clashes, wounds and the likes.
Revolution:- It means an uprising aimed at enthroning new pattern of governance in government.
Democratic:- The state of government being determined by majority.
Change:- Alter the pattern before now or shift from existing pattern to a new method.
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