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This book is an outcome of the workshop on Political Theory and
Policy Analysis, held in Indiana, during the 1985/86. It seeks to
explains why the centralized African state has failed and discusses
the breakdown of social processes indirectly caused by the policies
of the centralized state.
This book is an outcome of the workshop on Political Theory and
Policy Analysis, held in Indiana, during the 1985/86. It seeks to
explains why the centralized African state has failed and discusses
the breakdown of social processes indirectly caused by the policies
of the centralized state.
This book describes the contrast between the strong economic growth
and democratization that have occurred in Africa and its stalling
political progress. It presents and discusses fragility as the
phenomenon that has caused the state to remain weak and faltering
and has led to at least one third of the continent's citizens
living in fragile states. Following the examination of the drivers
of fragility and the impact of fragility on citizens and
neighbouring states, the book discusses capacity building
approaches. This part shows how effective states can be built on
the African continent, a process that would result in a change from
state fragility to state resilience. It is based on lessons learnt
from close studies of the nations where the state has been most
developed in the region, in Eastern and Southern Africa. The book
provides and responds to the most recent and up-to-date information
on African development and uses insights of people who have lived
and worked in the continent for most of their lives.
This book describes the contrast between the strong economic growth
and democratization that have occurred in Africa and its stalling
political progress. It presents and discusses fragility as the
phenomenon that has caused the state to remain weak and faltering
and has led to at least one third of the continent's citizens
living in fragile states. Following the examination of the drivers
of fragility and the impact of fragility on citizens and
neighbouring states, the book discusses capacity building
approaches. This part shows how effective states can be built on
the African continent, a process that would result in a change from
state fragility to state resilience. It is based on lessons learnt
from close studies of the nations where the state has been most
developed in the region, in Eastern and Southern Africa. The book
provides and responds to the most recent and up-to-date information
on African development and uses insights of people who have lived
and worked in the continent for most of their lives.
"Good local governance" reflects the dual functions of local
government. On the one hand, democratic regimes gain input
legitimacy by responsiveness and by being inclusive towards the
preferences of their citizens. On the other hand, they achieve
output legitimacy by effectively delivering public goods and
services. Their governance strategies follow three major paths -
"decentralisation," "political administrative reforms" and
"participatory reforms." But national contexts, actors, political
culture and path dependency matter a lot. In this book
continent-wide developments are compared by using relevant country
studies. This comparative approach focuses on "developing
countries" in Asia, Africa and Latin America, comparing and
contrasting their experience with that of European countries
An exploration of why some decentralization reforms have led to
viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have
failed. It outlines the key issues involved, provides historical
context, and identifies the factors that have encouraged or
discouraged success.
Governance is now an important term in development policy
discourse, yet its relationship to development, institutional
reforms and public policy processes, and even its definition,
remain ambiguous. This book brings together analysis of these
issues by prominent scholars and practitioners of African
development policy. The book's three main objectives are to
describe recent governance changes in African countries, to analyze
the consequences of these changes for institutional reforms, and to
highlight the challenge of building different types of
institutional capacities to consolidate the ongoing processes of
economic liberalization and democratization within African
countries. The contributors explore key questions such as the
relationship between governance and institutional reforms, the
impact of these reforms on public policy processes, the link
between economic governance and policy research, and the
effectiveness of capacity building efforts aimed at boosting state
and non-state institutions. For students and scholars of African
development, and anyone interested in issues of governance.
Published in association with the African Capacity Building
Foundation.
The process of democratisation is under way, it is argued. The vast
network of inter-linking social processes - civil society, the
media, academia, and public concern with accountability and
transparency, which form the bedrock of true democracy - are
strengthening. The authors attempt to document and understand the
political developments in the West Africa sub-region by analysing
the adaptability of the concept of democracy, the legitimacy of the
modern nation and the contribution of law, literature,
international relations and local government to the democratic
process. Sixteen chapters cover broad thematic issues, democracy in
Nigeria and democracy in other West African countries - Francophone
West Africa, Sierra Leone, Ghana and The Gambia. The special focus
on Nigeria is the result of original research reports submitted to
the interdisciplinary study, the Governance and Democratisation
Project.
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