00781nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000200001724500890003726000090012652004830013558300180061894200060063699900170064220260716043917.0  aIfill, Mellissa  aThe sphere of governance in developing societies : examining Guyana's transformation  c2008  aArgues that what is generally called 'democracy' is really a sanitised procedural democracy which often entails 'departicipation' and, that the democractic transformation in the developing world was largely a conditional and frustrated process.  Questions the popular perception that Guyana has experienced genuine democracy since the historic October, 1992 elections, since it argues that local forces did not have ownership of the political changes that occurred in the 1990s.  c9/11/08kJOYD  cA  c56626d56626