Good governance and civil society participation in Africa
By: Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
Publisher: OSSREA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9789994455324
Subjects: Civil society; Politics and government; Political participation; Local government; Zivilgesellschaft; Staatskunst
Notes: "This book is the outcome of a workshop on the theme "Good Governance and Civil Society Participation in Africa"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Democratic governance and economic management in Botswana: review of country experience and challenges  -- Gervase S. Maipose -- 2.; title: Media, good governance and civil society in Botswana  -- Francis B. Nyamnjoh -- 3.; title: Economic growth, poverty and governance: the case of Botswana  -- Apollo Rwomire -- 4.; title: Civil society and governance in Ethiopia since 1991  -- Asnake Kefale and Dejene Aredo -- 5.; title: Decentralisation and governance: the Ethiopian experience  -- Kassahun Berhanu -- 6.; title: Indigenous institutions and good governance in Ethiopia: case studies  -- Dejene Aredo and Yigremew Adal -- 7.; title: The role of the National University of Lesotho and non-governmental organisations in the promotion of good governance and civil society  -- Matora Ntimo-Makara -- 8.; title: Interest groups, good governance and civil society in Uganda: challenges of religious organisations 1962-2000  -- Kulumba Mohammed -- 9.; title: Governance and the democratisation process in Uganda under the National Resistance Movement (NRM):1986-2004  -- Geoffrey B. Tukahebwa -- 10.; title: A critical analysis of the training of lawyers in promoting civil society participation in governance in Zimbabwe: a focus on lawyers in human rights organisations -- Amy S. Tsanga.