LEADER 03668nam 2200385 450 001 9910476792403321 005 20230712141953.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566607 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566607 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566607 100 $a20230517d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAccountable government in Africa $eperspectives from public law and political studies /$fDanwood Mzikenge Chirwa, Lia Nijzink 210 1$aNew York ;$aCape Town :$cUnited Nations University Press : :$cUCT Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) 311 $a1-920541-27-6 327 $aAccountable 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. 330 $aIn 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 sciemnce and democratisation studies assess to what extent accountable governance has takenroot in Africa. this book represesents new knowldge 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. 517 $aAccountable Government in Africa 606 $aPublic law 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xPolitics and government$y1960- 615 0$aPublic law. 676 $a342 700 $aChirwa$b Danwood Mzikenge$01357375 702 $aNijzink$b Lia 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476792403321 996 $aAccountable government in Africa$93363243 997 $aUNINA