TY - BOOK AU - Salih,Mohamed Abdel Rahim M. TI - African parliaments: between governance and government SN - 1403971226 AV - JQ1877 .A39 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Legislative bodies KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - 1960- N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006296313-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006296313-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006296313-t.html ER -