Governance and state delivery in Southern Africa : examples from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe / edited by Henning Melber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melber, Henning.

Series:

Discussion paper (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) ; 38.

LSE health and social care discussion paper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Africa, Southern.

Public administration.

Africa, Southern--Politics and government--1994-.

Africa, Southern.

Southern Africa.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

65 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2007.

Summary:

This Discussion Paper highlights in complementary ways problems and challenges for governance issues under centralised state agencies, which base their authority and legitimacy on a dominant party and its influence. The case study on Namibia argues for a need for parliamentary and administrative reform to improve the efficiency of lawmakers. The Botswana chapter explores the decision on the location of the country's second university as an act without consultation of the local population. The Zimbabwe paper advocates an approach in favour of using the African Peer Review Mechanism as on instrument to assist in a change towards better governance.

All the authors have intimate knowledge of the matters discussed through their own involvement with the respective cases and/or their individual positioning within these societies. This publication is among the final results of the project "Liberation and Democracy in Southern Africa" (LIDeSA), which was undertaken at the Institute between 2001 and 2006. Book jacket.

Contents:

Henning Melber Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe-Anything in Common?: Introductory Remarks 5

/ Gerhard Totemeyer Time for Renewal?: The Namibian State and Its Governance 9

/ Christian John Makgala 'A Home Town Decision?': The Location of Botswana's Second University 21

/ Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Bob Is Peerless: Zimbabwe and the Quest for an African Peer Review Mechanism 43.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789171065889

9171065881

OCLC:

123893596