Legislative Power in Emerging African Democracies /

Legislative Power in Emerging African Democracies / / ed. by Joel D. Barkan.

A puzzle underpins this groundbreaking study of legislative development in Africa: Why are variations in the extent of legislative authority and performance across the continent only partially related, if at all, to the overall level of democratization? And if democratization is not the prime determ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Adamolekun, Ladipo,
Barkan, Joel D.,
Kasfir, Nelson,
Laleye, Mouftaou,
Lewis, Peter M.,
Lindberg, Staffan I.,
Matiangi, Fred,
Twebaze, Stephen Hippo,
Zhou, Yongmei,
HerausgeberIn:
Barkan, Joel D.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2009
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (277 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 African Legislatures and the “Third Wave” of Democratization
  • 2 Kenya’s Tortuous Path to Successful Legislative Development
  • 3 The Rise and Ebb of Uganda’s No-Party Parliament
  • 4 Benin: Legislative Development in Africa’s First Democratizer
  • 5 Co-optation Despite Democratization in Ghana
  • 6 Rules and Rents in Nigeria’s National Assembly
  • 7 South Africa: Emerging Legislature or Rubber Stamp?
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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