Governing Africa's changing societies
Subtitle: dynamics of reform
By: Ellen M. Lust, Stephen N. Ndegwa
Contributors: Ndegwa, Stephen N.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781588268341
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; Economic conditions
Description: What is the cumulative impact of the immense social, economic, and political changes that Africa has undergone in recent decades? What opportunities do those changes present to improve the lives of the continent's citizens? Countering the prevailing mood of pessimism in the face of disappointed expectations, the authors of Governing Africa's Changing Societies demonstrate the significance of even incomplete reforms in the areas of competitive elections and democratization, gender relations, property rights, the public sector, and privatization, among others. In the aggregate, their work reveals how seemingly small or sluggish changes are accumulating to fundamentally, and positively, transform Africa's governance environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenges of governance in Africa's changing societies / Ellen M. Lust and Stephen N. Ndegwa; title: The democracy-governance connection / Michael Bratton; title: Democracy and economic performance / Peter Lewis; title: Contested land rights in rural Africa / Catherine Boone; title: Property rights, preferences and reform / Ato Kwamena Onoma; title: Women's rights and family law reform in francophone Africa / Susanna D. Wing; title: Religion, democracy, and education reform in the Sahel / Leonardo A. Villalón; title: Rethinking the dynamics of reform / Ellen M. Lust and Stephen N. Ndegwa.