Graduate School of International Studies Ajou University
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학위논문(석사)--아주대학교 국제대학원 :NGO학과,2019. 2
Alternative Abstract
The current research is undertaken as studies of the role of an association network in a democratic
process, and our main focus will be association network which is particularly linked in southern
Cameroon. The main aim of my project is to highlight the roles of this association which sparks
or bring about democratization, or better still the part played by them during a democratic
process. By asking the general question “How do associations network enhance democracy?”
scholars have brought civil society and groups back into the normative and empirical investigation
of Democracy. It is now widely believed that the existence of a vibrant Association network is an
important factor, if not the single most important one, in the transition to and the consolidation of
democracy. It should equally be noted that a democratic process is a continuous process. Hence
this project will focus on associations network contributing to democracy. What contribution do
a different kind of association network make to advance contesting ideas of democratic
governance, and what is the obstacle to their effectiveness.
The Anglophones Cameroon is experiencing what can be term Anglophone crisis, this is an
identity and minority problem. and as I looked at what is unfolding in Cameroon right now, I
termed it a Democratic process. There has been a desire for autonomy by some who believe the
union between the two Cameroon have completely failed and equally a desire for integration by
some who think more time is needed. Several associations or unions have played a part in this
process, and as for me, I termed it a democratic process. Hence, we will look at Common law
lawyer’s association networks, Teachers Association, students’ associations, Human right
association network. I will equally summarize the work of pro-secessionist association who have
stand tall in this process.
This project, therefore, recommends that in other for the international community to resolve, what
began as Anglophone marginalization, which has now escalated to violence and human right
violation in Anglophone Cameroon. In this era of globalization, the international community
needs to intervene or better still listen to this associations network, for power is located in the
networks that structured societies. “power does not reside in institutions not even the state or large
corporations, it is located in the networks that structure society (Manuel Castells).
