Political culture, governance, and the state in Africa / edited by Abdalla Bujra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bujra, Abdalla.

Development Policy Management Forum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Africa--Congresses.

Political culture.

Politics and government.

Africa--Politics and government--1960---Congresses.

Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xlii, 308 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[Nairobi] : Development Policy Management Forum, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction / Abdalla Bujra and Samuel Lando

Restructuring the public sphere for democratic governance and development in Africa : the polycentric planning approach / S.R. Akinola

Towards understanding the Anglophone-Francophone conundrum in postcolonial Cameroon and the Bakassi (Nigeria) addendu[m] / Nicodemus Fru Awasom

Autocratic/authoritarian culture and transitional politics in Ethiopia, 1991-2008 / Merera Gudina

Rethinking political culture, governance, and the state in Africasituating [i.e. Africa situating] Cameroon within the context of getting systems right : governance and capacity building / John W. Forje

Groping and aping to the Promised Land : cultural disconnects and the challenges to nationhood, governance, and development in Africa / Hippolyt A.S. Pul

J.S. Mill's principle of liberty and African communalist tradition / Jare Oladosu

Whither democracy drifts in Africa? : lessons from Ghana's experience / John Gasu

Political culture, the state, and governance in Francophone Africa : case study of Cameroon / Bobuin John Gemandze

Legislatures in Africa : agents of people's liberation or their oppression? / Tumukwasibwe Robert.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789966005076

9966005072

OCLC:

711865022