African Parliamentary Reform
Some of the most far-reaching and innovative parliamentary reform is occurring in Africa. While these reforms are not yet widespread across the continent, parliaments in some African countries are asserting their independenceas policymakers, as overseers of government and as the guardians of citizensrights and needs.
This book presents recent reforms in selected African parliaments Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Benin, Zambia, Ethiopia, Liberia and Nigeria. It also presents cross-cutting innovations by African parliaments in fighting corruption, in providing development to constituents and in combating climate change. Many of the chapters are authored by African MPs themselves, making this a book by MPs for MPs, as well as being of interest to students and scholars of African Politics, and to those international institutions that support parliamentary development.
African Parliamentary Reform is a joint initiative by the World Bank Institute, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Parliamentary Centre (Africa).
Rick Stapenhurst is a parliamentary consultant/advisor to the World Bank Institute, USA. His most recent publications include Parliaments as Peace-builders: The Role of Parliaments in Conflict Affected Countries.Rasheed Draman is the Director of the Parliamentary Centres program in Africa. His reports on African political developments include Poverty Reduction Strategy Process and Parliaments in Africa. Andrew Imlach is the Director of Communications and Research at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Secretariat in London. Since 1983, he has been the Editor of The Parliamentarian, the Journal of Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures. Alexander Hamilton is a consultant at the World Bank Institute, USA, and is completing a PhD in political economy at the University of Oxford. Cindy Kroon currently works at the World Bank Institute specializing on the engagement of parliaments in the extractive industries sector. She previously worked at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Central Bank.
Routledge research in comparative politics
1 Democracy and Post-Communism
Political change in the post-communist world
Graeme Gill
2 Sub-State Nationalism
A comparative analysis of institutional design
Edited by Helena Catt and MichaelMurphy
3 Reward for High Public Office
Asian and Pacific Rim states
Edited by Christopher Hood and B. Guy Peters
4 Social Democracy and LabourMarket Policy
Developments in Britain andGermany
Knut Roder
5 Democratic Revolutions
Asia and Eastern Europe
Mark R. Thompson
6 Democratization
A comparative analysis of 170 countries
Tatu Vanhanen
7 Determinants of the Death Penalty
A comparative study of the world
Carsten Anckar
8 How Political Parties Respond to Voters
Interest aggregation revisited
Edited by Kay Lawson and Thomas Poguntke
9 Women, Quotas and Politics
Edited by Drude Dahlerup
10 Citizenship and Ethnic Conflict
Challenging the nation-state
Haldun Glalp
11 The Politics of Womens Interests
New comparative and international perspectives
Edited by Louise Chappell andLisa Hill
12 Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies
Social capital, institutions and politics
Edited by Mariano Torcal and Jos Ramn Montero
13 Representing Women in Parliament
A comparative study
Edited by Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay and Linda Trimble
14 Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe
Edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Dieter Fuchs and Jan Zielonka
15 Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies
A comparative analysis
Edited by William A. Maloney and Sigrid Roteutscher
16 Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies
A comparative analysis
Edited by Jan van Deth, Jos Ramn Montero and Anders Westholm
17 The Politics of Foundations
A comparative analysis
Edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Siobhan Daly
18 Party Policy in Modern Democracies
Kenneth Benoit and Michael Laver
19 Semi-Presidentialism Outside Europe
A comparative study
Edited by Robert Elgie and Sophia Moestrup
20 Comparative Politics
The principal-agent perspective
Jan-Erik Lane
21 The Political Power of Business
Structure and information in public policymaking
Patrick Bernhagen
22 Womens Movements
Flourishing or in abeyance?
Edited by Marian Sawer and Sandra Grey
23 Consociational Theory
McGarry and OLeary and the Northern Ireland conflict
Edited by Rupert Taylor
24 The International Politics of Democratization
Comparative perspectives
Edited by Nuno Severiano Teixeira
25 Post-communist Regime Change
A comparative study
Jrgen Mller
26 Social Democracy in Power
The capacity to reform
Wolfgang Merkel, Alexander Petring, Christian Henkes and Christoph Egle
27 The Rise of Regionalism
Causes of regional mobilization in western Europe
Rune Dahl Fitjar
28 Party Politics in the Western Balkans
Edited by Vera Stojarov and Peter Emerson
29 Democratization and Market Reform in Developing and Transitional Countries
Think tanks as catalysts
James G. McGann
30 Political Leadership, Parties and Citizens
The personalisation of leadership
Edited by Jean Blondel and Jean-Louis Thiebault
31 Civil Society and Activism in Europe
Contextualizing engagement and political orientation
Edited by William A. Maloney and Jan W. van Deth
32 Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights
Controversies and challenges in China and the Nordic countries
Edited by Pauline Stoltz, Marina Svensson, Zhongxin Sun and Qi Wang
33 Democratization and the European Union
Comparing central and eastern European post-communist countries
Edited by Leonardo Morlino and Wojciech Sadurski
34 The Origin of Electoral Systems in the Postwar Era
A worldwide approach
Krister Lundell
35 The Globalization of Motherhood
Deconstruction and reconstructions of biology and care
Edited by Wendy Chavkin and JaneMaree Maher
36 Parties, Elections, and Policy Reforms in Western Europe
Voting for social pacts
Kerstin Hamann and John Kelly
37 Democracy and Famine
Olivier Rubin
38 Women in Executive Power
A global overview
Edited by Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay
39 Women and Representation in Local Government
International case studies
Edited by Barbara Pini and Paula McDonald
40 The Politics of Charity
Kerry OHalloran
41 Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan
A path to paradigmatic policy change
Rie Watanabe
42 African Parliamentary Reform
Edited by Rick Stapenhurst, Rasheed Draman and Andrew Imlach with Alexander Hamilton and Cindy Kroon
