Federalism in Africa: The imperative of democratic development

Federalism in Africa: The imperative of democratic development
Author: Aaron Tsado Gana
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781592210794

This book is the first attempt at a scholarly historicisation of the African crisis of development. It interrogates the problem of national integration within the context of ethno-religious and cultural pluralism. Drawing on the experiences of other organ

Federalism in Africa

Federalism in Africa
Author: Aaron Tsado Gana
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2003
Genre: Comparative government
ISBN: 9781592210800

Looking at the experiences of other federal societies across the globe this volume interrogates the problem of national integration within the context of ethno-religious and cultural pluralism, and presents exciting prospects for the resolution of the National Question. Compelling and indispensable, this work is the most comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the subject in recent years.

Federalism in Africa: Framing the national question

Federalism in Africa: Framing the national question
Author: Aaron Tsado Gana
Publisher: Africa World Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780865439788

The world's first attempt at a scholarly historicisation of the African crisis of development, this book interrogates the problem of national integration within the context of ethno-religious and cultural pluralism. Here, top scholars offer refreshing insight into the prospects for transforming Africa into a super-power of the third millennium. The breadth and depth of coverage and analytical rigour unites the essays, providing one of the most comprehensive and authoritative treatments of the subject in recent years.

Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa

Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa
Author: Charles M. Fombad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 0198846150

This edited collection explores how African governments have sought to decentralize power in order to enhance democratic governance. It offers a range of insightful case studies and makes a case for the usefulness of decentralization as a method of sharing power at all levels of society in Africa.

African State Governance

African State Governance
Author: A. Carl LeVan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2016-02-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137523344

Africa is changing and it is easy to overlook how decentralization, democratization, and new forms of illiberalism have transformed federalism, political parties, and local politics. Chapters on Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa help fill an important gap in comparative institutional research about state and local politics in Africa.

Democracy, Good Governance and Development in Africa

Democracy, Good Governance and Development in Africa
Author: Mawere, Munyaradzi
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2015-10-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9956763004

Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in the view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remains a perennial question why some decades after political independence in Africa the continent continues experiencing bad governance, lagging behind socioeconomically, and its democracy questionable. We admit that a plethora of theories and reasons, including iniquitous and malicious ones, have been conjured in an attempt to explain and answer the questions as to why Africa seems to be lagging behind other continents in issues pertaining to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. Yet, none of the theories and reasons proffered so far seems to have provided enduring solutions to Africa’s diverse complex problems and predicaments. This book dissects and critically examines the matrix of Africa’s multifaceted problems on governance, democracy and development in an attempt to proffer enduring solutions to the continent’s long-standing political and socio-economic dilemmas and setbacks.

Local Governance in Africa

Local Governance in Africa
Author: Dele Olowu
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781588261731

An exploration of why some decentralization reforms have led to viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have failed. It outlines the key issues involved, provides historical context, and identifies the factors that have encouraged or discouraged success.

Fragments of Democracy

Fragments of Democracy
Author: Gavin Williams
Publisher: HSRC Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780796920263

Originally presented as a lecture, this occasional paper argues that definitions of democracy are incomplete and their meanings dependent on their historical context.