Voice and power in Africa's democracy : institutions, participation and accountability /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Adejumobi, Said (Editor, Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Series:Contemporary African politics series (Routledge (Firm)) ; 7.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Unbundling liberal democracy : institutions, participation and accountability / Said Adejumobi.
  • Part 1. Institutions, accountability and reforms. African presidentialism revisited : between 'big man metaphor' and institutional politics / M.A. Mohamed Salih
  • Presidentialism in Ghana : examining institutional effectiveness for horizontal accountability between the legislature and the executive / John Gasu
  • The presidency and democratic developmentalism in Southern Africa / George Kieh, Jr
  • Explaining the mixed fortunes of Africa's opposition parties in the quest for state power : an institutional and strategic analysis / Issaka Souare
  • Political parties and democratic development in Africa / Sola Oloruntoba
  • Promoting accountable governance in Africa : issues, challenges and policy reforms / Said Adejumobi.
  • Part 2. Popular participation. Rethinking organised labour's engagement with the political process in Nigeria : issues in alliance building and popular participation / Funmi Adewumi
  • "Political representation in the Mauritian democracy : analyzing the gender deficit / Ramola Ramtohul
  • From the newspaper to Facebook : new media, intermediality and political participation in Africa / Akin Iwilade
  • The role of the right of access to information for democratization and governance in Africa / Fola Adeleke.