Socio-political scaffolding and the construction of change
Subtitle: constitutionalism and democratic governance in Africa
By: edited by Kelechi A. Kalu and Peyi Soyinka-Airewele.
Contributors: Kalu, Kelechi Amihe.; Soyinka-Airewele, Peyi.
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Trenton NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Democratization -- Africa; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : on the construction of democratic change / Kelechi Kalu and Peyi Soyinka-Airewele; title: Beyond King Baabu : a renaissance vision of governance / Wole Soyinka; title: Constitutionalism and governance in Africa / John Mukum Mbaku; title: Traditional institutions and governance in Africa : chiefs, constitutions and politics in Nigeria / Pita Ogaba Agbese; title: Constitutionalism in Africa : a conceptual analysis of ethnicity and politics, with lessons from Nigeria / Kelechi Kalu; title: Democratization and the media in Africa / Chris Ogbondah; title: Women and the struggle for democracy in Kenya : a structural perspective / Theodora O. Ayot; title: Electoral processes and the politics of exclusion : an analysis of market women and machine politics in Nigeria / Abi Awomolo; title: Towards sustainable development in Africa : NGOs and strategic partnerships / Robert Dibie; title: Healthcare and critical social policy in the African millennium : the challenge of governance for human wellbeing / Margo Ramlal-Nankoe; title: State actors and the political economy of democratization in West Africa / Sylvester Odion Akhaine; title: New visions for constitutionalism and governance in Africa : lessons from Liberia / George Klay Kieh Jr; title: Democratic scaffolding for a globalizing age / Peyi Soyinka-Airewele.