Beyond Impunity : : New Directions for Governance in Malawi / / edited by R. Ross and Lorraine Chiweza.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ross, Kenneth R.,; Chiweza, Asiyati,; Mulwafu, Wapulumuka Oliver,
• Place / Publishing House: Mzuzu, Malawi : : Mzuni Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (398 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Pivotal Moment for Governance in Malawi? -- International Significance of Malawi's Constitutional Court Ruling -- Enduring Issues of Concern -- Genesis of the Book -- Organisation of the Book -- Significance of the Book -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1 - A Decade of Governance as "Roving Banditry" The Political Economy of Public Finance Mismanagement in Malawi, 2010 -2020 -- Introduction: Setting the Context -- Analytical and Methodological Framework -- Institutional Political Economy Analysis -- State of Public Finance Mismanagement and its Developmental Cost -- Illustrating the Development Cost of Public Finance Mismanagement -- Public Finance Management Chain and Attendant Accountability Mechanisms -- Revenue Collection -- Allocation of Public Finances -- Oversight for Expenditure of Public Funds -- A PEA Explanation of Persistent Public Finance Mismanagement -- Interests, Capture and Repurposing of the State -- Appointive Bureaucracies and their Roles in Public Finance Mismanagement -- Weak Social Accountability Mechanisms for Public Finance Management -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Chapter 2 - Two Decades of Governance in Malawi: Examining Citizen Trust in Malawi from 1999-2019 -- Introduction -- The Concept and Governance Consequences of Political Trust -- Good Governance in Africa -- A Brief Background to Governance in Malawi -- General Trends of Trust in Presidents, Parliament, Police and Courts from 1999 to 2019 -- Possible Explanatory Factors -- Consequences of (Loss of) Citizenry Trust: Implications on State Legitimacy and Prospects for Democracy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 - Trust in Election Management Bodies, Participation in Demonstrations and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from Malawi.

Introduction -- Related Literature -- Demonstrations during Malawi's Democratic Dispensation -- Data and Variable Definitions -- Estimation strategy -- Empirical Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - Impunity versus Constitutional Legality in Malawi's 2019-20 Presidential Election Case -- Introduction -- The Stand against Impunity and Mediocrity -- The Conceptual Stand for Constitutional Legality -- The Stand for Transformational Constitutional Legality -- The Approach in the Proceedings -- Expedition versus Attempts to End or Delay the Case -- Conventional Burden and Standard of Proof versus Accountability -- Self Interest v Duty-based Civic and Ethical Professionalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 - Legal Responses to Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance in Malawi: The Case of the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Introduction -- Electoral Violence and Democratic Governance -- Violence in the 2019 and 2020 Elections -- Legal Responses to Election Violence 2019-2020 -- Legal Responses and Democratic Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 - Violence against Women in Elections in Malawi: The Role of Women Leaders as Game Changers -- Introduction -- Violence against Women in Elections (VAWE) -- Game-Changers -- Survey of Incidents of Violence against Women in the 2019 Elections -- Analysis of Responses of Women Leaders to VAWE in the 2019 Elections -- Pre-election and During Election Violence Response -- Women Leaders' Post-election Violence Response Analysis -- Game-Changers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 - Malawi's Choice of Electoral System and Reform Agenda Quandary -- Introduction -- Literature Survey -- Rationale for Electoral Choice in Malawi -- Effects of Plurality Electoral System on Regime Legitimacy in Malawi -- The Rationale for Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Drivers of Electoral Reforms in Malawi -- Prospects for Electoral Reforms.

Conclusion -- Chapter 8 - Awona Nyekhwe: The Fate of Opposition in Multiparty Malawi (1994-2020) -- Introduction -- The Concept of Nyekhwe -- Collective Political Memory -- The Concept of "Opposition" -- Opposition Parties and Politicians 1994-2020 -- Non-Party Actors -- The Academic Freedom Debate -- The DPP System, State Capture, and its Dislodgement -- A Promising Nyekhwe-Free Future? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 - Guarding the Guardians: Auditing Security Sector Governance in Malawi -- Introduction -- Overview of the National Security Policy -- Auditing the Security Sector in Malawi -- The Challenge of Policing Protests -- Whither Professionalism of the Police -- Loopholes in Migration Management Laws -- Politicisation of the National Intelligence Services -- The Question of Upholding Constitutional Order -- The Challenges of Democratic Control of the Security Sector -- Towards a Holistic Implementation of the NSP -- Chapter 10 - Executive Supremacy and the Armed Forces: A Case Study of Public Finance Management in Malawi -- Introduction -- Good Governance and Public Finance Management -- Institutional Framework for Security Governance and Financial Oversight in the Armed Forces -- The Historical Context of Public Finance Management in the Armed Forces -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 - 50-50 Campaigns: Lessons from 10 Years of Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Representation in Parliament -- Introduction -- The Theory of Women's Political Representation -- The Legal and Policy Framework Guiding Women Representation in Malawi -- Trends in Women's Political Representation and the Genesis of the 50-50 Campaign -- Main Actors in the 50-50 Campaigns and their Strategies -- Impact of Parity Funding Campaigns on Descriptive Representation of Women in Parliament in Malawi -- Conclusion.

Chapter 12 - Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Nation-Building Challenges in Post-1994 Malawi: Whither a Federal State System? -- Introduction -- Nation-building in Multi-Ethnic Societies -- The Call for Federalism -- The False Prospects of Federalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 - Rights Without Responsibility: Governance Crisis in the Management of Natural Resources in Malawi -- Introduction -- The Environmental Crisis as a Governance Issue -- Governance Crisis in a Democratic Era -- The Relevance of Historical Experience -- Suggestions for Addressing the Crisis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 - Pandemics, Politics and Governance: Contestations over State Management of Covid-19 in Malawi -- Introduction -- Pandemics and Governance in History -- Covid-19 and Earlier Government Responses -- Contesting Covid-19 Preventive Measures -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15 - Malawi's Governance Crisis in Theological Perspective: A Tale of Two Cultures -- A 25-Year Retrospect -- A Question of Political Culture -- The Biblical Text -- Global Theological Thinking -- Local Contextual Theology -- Malawi in Crisis 2019-20: Theological Perspectives -- A Tale of Two Cultures -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.