African parliaments :
African parliaments : between governance and government /
edited by M.A. Mohamed Salih.
- New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
- xviii, 286 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-283) and index.
Introduction : the changing governance role of African parliaments / M.A. Mohamed Salih -- Parliaments, politics, and governance : African democracies in comparative perspective / Wil Hout -- Legislative quotas for women / Aili Mari Tripp -- Local assemblies and local democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dele Olowu -- Citizen's support for legislature and democratic consolidation [Mali] / Reneske Doorenspleet -- Evolution of parliament-executive relations in Zambia / Jotham C. Momba -- Longitudinal view on Ghana's parliamentary practices / Kwame Boafo-Arthur -- People, party, politics, and parliament [Namibia] / Henning Melber -- Parliament and dominant party system in Ethiopia / Kassahun Berhanu -- Parliament as machinery for political system control [Tanzania] / Vibeke Wang -- A decade of legislature-executive squabble in Malawi, 1994-2004 / Boniface Dulani, Jan Kees van Donge -- The South African Parliament's failed moment / Tim Hughes -- Conclusions / M.A. Mohamed Salih.
1403971226
2006296313
Legislative bodies--History.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960-
JQ1877 / .A39 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-283) and index.
Introduction : the changing governance role of African parliaments / M.A. Mohamed Salih -- Parliaments, politics, and governance : African democracies in comparative perspective / Wil Hout -- Legislative quotas for women / Aili Mari Tripp -- Local assemblies and local democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dele Olowu -- Citizen's support for legislature and democratic consolidation [Mali] / Reneske Doorenspleet -- Evolution of parliament-executive relations in Zambia / Jotham C. Momba -- Longitudinal view on Ghana's parliamentary practices / Kwame Boafo-Arthur -- People, party, politics, and parliament [Namibia] / Henning Melber -- Parliament and dominant party system in Ethiopia / Kassahun Berhanu -- Parliament as machinery for political system control [Tanzania] / Vibeke Wang -- A decade of legislature-executive squabble in Malawi, 1994-2004 / Boniface Dulani, Jan Kees van Donge -- The South African Parliament's failed moment / Tim Hughes -- Conclusions / M.A. Mohamed Salih.
1403971226
2006296313
Legislative bodies--History.--Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960-
JQ1877 / .A39 2005