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Growing democracy in Africa : elections, accountable governance, and political economy

Title: Growing democracy in Africa : elections, accountable governance, and political economy / edited by Muna Ndulo and Mamoudou Gazibo.
Publication: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

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Description

xvii, 360 pages; 22 cm

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Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

"This book is the result of a symposium titled Elections, Accountability, and Democrtic Governance in Africa held at Cornell University April 20-21, 2012."--Page ix.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-355) and index.

Contents

Revisiting the Study of Governance / Göran Hyden -- Democratisation in Africa : Achievements and Agenda / Mamoudou Gazibo -- The Expansion of Judicial Power in Africa and Democratic Consolidation : Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects / Charles M. Fombad -- Constitution-Making in Anglophone Africa : We the People? / Coel Kirkby and Christina Murray -- Measuring the Persuasive Effects of Electoral Campaigns in Africa / Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz -- Subnational Elections and Accountability : A Study of Political Decentralization and Democratic Governance / Rachel Beatty Riedl and J. Tyler Dickovick -- Slippery Citizenship : Nationalism, Democracy and the State in Africa / Jennifer Riggan -- Federal Developments and Accountable Government Structures in East Africa / Jan Amilcar Schmidt -- Hereditary Rule in Democratic Africa : Reconciling Citizens and Chiefs / Kate Baldwin -- Critical Reflections on Social Accountability and Local Government in Ghana / Cyril K. Daddieh -- "Emerging" Africa : Long-term Perspectives on Growth and Democracy / Antoinette Handley -- A Legal Framework for Combating Corruption : Case Study from Zambia / Muna Ndulo -- Two-and-a-Half Cheers for Democracy in Africa / Nicolas van de Walle.

Call Number

Sc D 16-560

ISBN

9781443885478
1443885479

OCLC

933722919

Title

Growing democracy in Africa : elections, accountable governance, and political economy / edited by Muna Ndulo and Mamoudou Gazibo.

Publisher

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-355) and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1960

Added Author

Ndulo, Muna, editor. Editor

Gazibo, Mamoudou, editor. Editor

Research Call Number

Sc D 16-560

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