Legitimate Governance In Africa
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Legitimate Governance In Africa
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Author : Edward Kofi Quashigah
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-01-22
Legitimate Governance In Africa written by Edward Kofi Quashigah and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-22 with Law categories.
Any attempt to address the ever-present problem of instability in Africa gives rise to questions regarding legitimate governance. Without future thinking and action on the legitimacy of governance in Africa and how to secure it, past mistakes will go unheeded rather than informing forward movement. Surprisingly, no existing work has comprehensively addressed this critical issue. Legitimate Governance in Africa provides this needed coverage for the first time, examining such key components in the struggle for legitimate governance as the role of the international community in addressing the problem, the particular role women can play and ways in which women can improve their involvement in the whole enterprise of governance, and the roles of non-governmental organizations and civil society. In this diverse collection of essays, a wide range of expert legal contributors, all familiar with the status of the struggle for legitimate governance in a specific institution or particular African state, brings unique perspectives to the scholarly investigation of legitimate governance in Africa. The individual authors have thought deeply about the complexities and subtleties of conducting and evaluating the business of African state governance, considering both the practical sustainability of potential approaches and theoretical problems and issues. The probing, high-quality essays facilitate a real understanding of the obstacles to progress in the struggle for legitimate governance. Through their depth and diversity of views, every one of the papers included in this collection enriches the pool of knowledge on this important subject.
State Legitimacy And Development In Africa
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Author : Pierre Englebert
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 2000
State Legitimacy And Development In Africa written by Pierre Englebert and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state legitimacy.
Real Governance And Practical Norms In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Tom De Herdt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-05-15
Real Governance And Practical Norms In Sub Saharan Africa written by Tom De Herdt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-15 with Political Science categories.
Although international development discourse considers the state as a crucial development actor, there remains a significant discrepancy between the official norms of the state and public services and the actual practices of political elites and civil servants. This text interrogates the variety of ways in which state policies and legal norms have been translated into the set of practical norms which make up real governance in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that the concept of practical norms is an appropriate tool for an ethnographic investigation of public bureaucracies, interactions between civil servants and users, and the daily functioning of the state in Africa. It demonstrates that practical norms are usually different from official norms, complementing, bypassing and even contradicting them. In addition, it explores the positive and negative effects of different aspects of this ‘real governance’. This text will be of key interest to academics, students and researchers in the fields of development, political science, anthropology and development studies, African studies, international comparative studies, implementation studies, and public policy.
Debating Form And Substance In Africa S New Governance Models
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Author : Joseph Oloka-Onyango
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Debating Form And Substance In Africa S New Governance Models written by Joseph Oloka-Onyango and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Africa categories.
This book is the outcome of a conference on Africa's new models of governance held in Uganda in 2006. The discussion focused on four thematic areas: the concept and practice of democracy; the language and rhetoric of politics; electoral processes in Africa; and the sources of political legitimacy. Contents: Assessing Africa's new governance models (Adebayo Olukoshi); Legal perspectives on the search for legitimacy in African governance systems (Mulela M. Munalula); Reflections on the language and logic of good governance and its application in the African context (Cheryl Hendricks); In search of legitimate governance and electoral substance: from theory to practice (Onalenna D. Selolwane); Constitutional engineering and elections as sources of legitimacy in post-Cold War America (Kassahun Berhanu); Electoral processes in Uganda: from individual merit to multi-party democracy (Sallie K. Simba); Bananas and oranges! : ethnicity and failed constitutional reform in Kenya (Karuti Kanyinga); Sustainable electoral process and governance in Africa: some lessons from Ghana (Felix K.G. Anebo); Democratic governance in Africa: towards common values and standards (Eddy Maloka); Not yet democracy, not yet peace! : assessing rhetoric and reality in contemporary Africa (Joe Oloka-Onyango). Books abstract.
Political Legitimacy In Middle Africa
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Author : Michael G. Schatzberg
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2001-11-13
Political Legitimacy In Middle Africa written by Michael G. Schatzberg and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-13 with Political Science categories.
"... refreshing and provocative... a significant addition to existing literature on African politics." -- Stephen Ellis "It opens up a whole new field of investigation, and brings into focus the pertinence of an interdisciplinary approach to African politics." -- René Lemarchand In this innovative work, Michael G. Schatzberg reads metaphors found in the popular press as indicators of the way Africans come to understand their political universe. Examining daily newspapers, popular literature, and political and church documents from across middle Africa, Schatzberg finds that widespread and deeply ingrained views of government and its relationship to its citizenry may be understood as a projection of the metaphor of an idealized extended family onto the formal political sphere. Schatzberg's careful observations and sensitive interpretations uncover the moral and social factors that shape the African political universe while showing how some African understandings of politics and political power may hamper or promote the development of Western-style democracy. Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa looks closely at elements of African moral and political thought and offers a nuanced assessment of whether democracy might flourish were it to be established on middle African terms.
Real Governance And Practical Norms In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Tom De Herdt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Real Governance And Practical Norms In Sub Saharan Africa written by Tom De Herdt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Administrative agencies categories.
Effective And Legitimate Governance In Areas Of Limited Statehood
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Author : Eric Stollenwerk
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-18
Effective And Legitimate Governance In Areas Of Limited Statehood written by Eric Stollenwerk and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-18 with Political Science categories.
How can effective and legitimate governance be ensured where state institutions are weak? This is a key question for domestic and international politics. One answer to this question that has received considerable attention in political science, but also among development agencies and international organizations, is virtuous circles of governance. In such circles, effective and legitimate governance are thought to be mutually reinforcing. The idea is that more effective governance leads to more legitimacy and more legitimacy to more effectiveness in governance. In many parts of the world, however, state institutions are weak and citizens perceive governance as ineffective and governance actors lack legitimacy. This places a large question mark behind the idea of virtuous circles of governance. Effective and Legitimate Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood asks: How likely are virtuous circles of governance to evolve in areas of limited statehood? The central claim of this book is that virtuous circles of governance are possible in areas of limited statehood, but more likely to evolve for external and non-state actors than for the state. The state is often part of the governance problem rather than the solution. Based on a new theoretical model for the interplay between effective and legitimate governance, the study provides in-depth empirical evidence for its argument by drawing on innovative qualitative and quantitative data. The case studies of Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, and Afghanistan underline the key argument by considering state, external, and non-state actors. The book offers conceptual innovations, new empirical evidence, and policy recommendations of how to ensure effective and legitimate governance in areas of limited statehood.
Democracy Good Governance And Development In Africa
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Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi
language : en
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Release Date : 2015-10-24
Democracy Good Governance And Development In Africa written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and has been published by Langaa RPCIG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-24 with Social Science categories.
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.
Africa And The Democratic Option
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Author : Austin Ogunsuyi
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2004-05-29
Africa And The Democratic Option written by Austin Ogunsuyi and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-29 with Business & Economics categories.
The prospect for democracy in Africa is the central concern of this study. The factors that contribute to the existence of undemocratic or autocratic governments in most of Africa, therefore, become our major focus for evaluation.An analysis of the pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial political history of Africa attribute autocracy in Africa to irreconcilable differences between the African traditional institutions and the imposed colonial political and economic systems. This socioeconomic and political disharmony, orchestrated by the colonial economics of exploitation, set the tone for neocolonial African states fraught with economic and political instability.Our research strategy involved a qualitative technique of collecting and analyzing a significant body of data relating to the political history of African states. Through an Afrocentric prism, the flaws of the African political and economic systems are traced to underlying deficiencies in the nature of its states. For a second and perhaps authentic emancipation of Africa, the components of the state structure must be realigned giving priority to the values, customs, and traditions of African people. This should form the base for a democratic environment that will usher in effectiveness and legitimacy in governance in those states.A democratization front, comprising of Africans in Africa and the Diaspora, is advocated to design and monitor the democratization movement in the continent. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) should serve as the supervisory body to the democratization front. The philosophy of the democratization front would include a pan- African mobilization against the forces of political, economic, and social exploitation of the continent.
Good Governance And Civil Society Participation In Africa
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Author : Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2008-12-31
Good Governance And Civil Society Participation In Africa written by Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-31 with Africa categories.
governments and the public at large. --Book Jacket.