Accountable government in Africa : perspectives from public law and political studies / Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa, Lia Nijzink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chirwa, Danwood Mzikenge, author.

Nijzink, Lia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public law.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages)

Other Title:

Accountable Government in Africa

Place of Publication:

New York ; Cape Town : United Nations University Press : : UCT Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

In the early 1990s, a wave of democratisation swept the African continents, resulting in a flurry of constitution-making and constitutional revision. Two decades later, leading experts in the fields of public law, political science and democratisation studies assess to what extent accountable governance has taken root in Africa. this book represents new knowledge about legal and political developments in a number of African countries - Ghana, Malawi, Mali, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, with further references to Mozambique, Kenya and Swaziland - bringing the policy goal of developing and deepening democratic governance and accountable government on the continent up to date.

Contents:

Accountable government in Africa: introduction / Danwood Chirwa & Lia Nijzink

Post-apartheid accountability: the transformation of a political idea / Andrew Nash

The politics of constitutional reform in Zambia: from executive dominance to public participation? / Neo Simutanyi

Judicial independence and the judicialisation of electoral politics in Malawi and Uganda / Siri Gloppen & Fidelis Kanyongolo

From parliamentary supremacy to judicial review: relations between parliament and the judiciary in Tanzania / Jwani Mwaikusa

Judicial review of parliamentary actions in South Africa: a nuanced interpretation of the separation of powers / Hugh Corder

Prosecutions, politics and the law: the way things are / Philip Stenning

The civilianisation of prosecutorial services in Tanzania / Sifuni Mchome

Accountable governance and the role of national human rights institutions: the experience of the Malawi human rights commission / Danwood Chirwa & Redson Kapindu

Balancing independence and accountability: the role of Chapter 9 institutions in South Africa's constitutional democracy / Pierre De Vos

Accountability compromised: floor crossing in Malawi and South Africa / Lia Nijzink

Democracy within political parties: the state of affairs in East and southern Africa / Augustine Magolowondo

Political parties in Malawi: an accountability analysis / Nandini Patel

Family matters: the interplay between formal and informal incentives for accountability in Mali's local communities / Martin van Vliet

Understanding local forms of accountability: initial findings from Ghana and Malawi / Diana Cammack

External accountability meets accountability assistance: the case of legislative strengthening in Africa / Peter Burnell.

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