Protest at Midnight : : Ministry to a Nation Torn Apart.

• Author: Storey, Peter.
• Place / Publishing House: Stellenbosch : : African Sun Media,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (279 pages)

The role parliaments play in governance is fundamentally political, and as a result, the institutional side of parliamentary organisations is often overlooked. This volume, together with the theoretical volume African Parliaments: Evidence systems for governance and development, takes a practical look at African parliaments as institutions, and explores the ways in which their structures and processes influence the use of evidence for decision making. A comparative approach helps the reader get a practical view of how this governance interplay is enacted within portfolio committees, on chamber floors, and on the campaign trail.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: The Island -- 2: District Six -- 3: Ocean in a Single Drop -- 4: Then Came the Bulldozers -- 5: Amateur Journo -- 6: Young Church -- 7: Widening World -- 8: No Soft Landing -- 9: Broken Open Church -- 10: Ministry with a Whiff of Tear Gas -- 11: Public Square Encounters -- 12: Shadows of War -- 13: Perfect Storm -- 14: Bearing Witness -- 15: National Leadership -- 16: Among God's People -- 17: Stress Fractures -- 18: Winnie Crisis -- 19: Confronting Expediency -- 20: Soul Wounds -- 21: Thin Orange Line -- 22: Taking on the Guns -- 23: Days of Grace -- 24: Search for Healing -- 25: America the Vulnerable -- 26: A Church the World Might Take Seriously -- 27: Postscript: Loss and Gratitude.