Legislative power in emerging African democracies
By: edited by Joel D. Barkan
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781588266880
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: African legislatures and the "third wave" of democratization / Joel D. Barkan; title: Kenya's tortuous path to sucessful legislative development / Joel D. Barkan and Fred Matiangi; title: The rise and ebb of Uganda's no-party parliament / Nelson Kasfir and Stephen Hippo Twebaze; title: Benin : legislative development in Africa's first democratizer / Ladipo Adamolekun and Mouftaou Laleye; title: Co-optation despite democratization in Ghana / Staffan I. Lindbert with Yongmei Zhou; title: Rules and rents in Nigeria's National Assembly / Peter M. Lewis; title: South Africa : emerging legislature or rubber stamp? / Joel D. Barkan.