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1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index. |
| Contents |
African legislatures and the "third wave" of democratization / Joel D. Barkan -- Kenya's tortuous path to sucessful legislative development / Joel D. Barkan and Fred Matiangi -- The rise and ebb of Uganda's no-party parliament / Nelson Kasfir and Stephen Hippo Twebaze -- Benin : legislative development in Africa's first democratizer / Ladipo Adamolekun and Mouftaou Laleye -- Co-optation despite democratization in Ghana / Staffan I. Lindbert with Yongmei Zhou -- Rules and rents in Nigeria's National Assembly / Peter M. Lewis -- South Africa : emerging legislature or rubber stamp? / Joel D. Barkan -- Conclusion / Joel D. Barkan. |
| Summary |
A study of legislative development in Africa which explores why variations in the extent of legislative authority and performance across the continent are only partially related, if at all, to the overall level of democratization. Constraints that have retarded the development and power of legislatures across Africa, and how members of some legislatures are breaking free of those constraints, are analyzed. The impact of the legislative branch on the political process in six emerging African democracies is reviewed. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Legislative bodies -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Legislative bodies. |
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Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Legislative power -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Legislative power. |
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1960- |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Barkan, Joel D.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Legislative power in emerging African democracies 9781588266880 (DLC) 2009026969 (OCoLC)318571433 |
| ISBN |
9781626371118 (electronic book) |
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1626371113 (electronic book) |
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9781588266880 |
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1588266885 |
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