LEADER 03473nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910827274603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36455-X 010 $a9786611364557 010 $a1-4039-7704-6 010 $a1-4039-7930-8 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403979308 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342635 035 $a(EBL)307568 035 $a(OCoLC)314844813 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099858 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113211 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099858 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017736 035 $a(PQKB)11423679 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7930-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307568 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307568 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135634 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136455 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342635 100 $a20051228d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAfrican parliaments $ebetween governance and government /$fedited by M.A. Mohamed Salih 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 $aNew York, N.Y. $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53284-3 311 $a1-4039-7122-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 264-283) and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""PART I""; ""1 Introduction: The Changing Governance Role of African Parliaments""; ""2 Parliaments, Politics, and Governance: African Democracies in Comparative Perspective""; ""3 Legislative Quotas for Women: Implications for Governance in Africa""; ""4 Local Assemblies and Local Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa""; ""5 Citizen's Support for Legislature and Democratic Consolidation: A Comparative Study with Special Focus on Mali""; ""PART II"" 327 $a""6 Evolution of Parliament Executive Relations in Zambia""""7 Longitudinal View on Ghana's Parliamentary Practices""; ""8 People, Party, Politics, and Parliament: Government and Governance in Namibia""; ""9 Parliament and Dominant Party System in Ethiopia""; ""10 Parliament as Machinery for Political System Control: The Inner Workings of Bunge, Tanzania""; ""11 A Decade of Legislature Executive Squabble in Malawi, 1994-2004""; ""12 The South African Parliament's Failed Moment""; ""13 Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; 330 $aThis book offers in-depth analysis of parliamentary development set in a historical context informed by Africa's post-1990s democratic resurgence. In particular, it illustrates how African parliaments are caught between the twin processes of being part of the machinery of government while exercising the function of holding government accountable. 606 $aLegislative bodies$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aPan-Africanism 606 $aNationalism$zAfrica$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 615 0$aLegislative bodies$xHistory. 615 0$aPan-Africanism. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 676 $a320.96 701 $aSalih$b Mohamed Abdel Rahim M$g(Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed)$0253771 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827274603321 996 $aAfrican Parliaments$93981079 997 $aUNINA