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Africa has made notable progress in its nascent democracy but with uneven performance across countries. However, across the board, challenges abound. Central to Africas checkered democratic narrative is the weakness of its democratic institutions, participatory mechanisms and accountability platforms. This book interrogates these elements with the role and capacity of the parliament, political parties, media, freedom of information law, trade union movements, gender empowerment mechanisms and accountability methods and processes all under examination. The weakness of democratic institutions has had a corrosive effect on political accountability and limits the scope for popular participation in governance. In many countries, innovative practices, and new social and political encounters are emerging that challenge old institutional cultures, promote reforms and demand accountability from the governing elite. The book captures these varied, innovative patterns of democratic change. With first hand knowledge and expertise of the continent, the contributors analyze the issues, trends, problems and challenges in these critical areas of Africas democratic growth. The conclusion is that strengthening democratic institutions, opening up the political space for enhanced political participation and ensuring political accountability will determine the course, prospects and quality of Africas budding democracy.

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Voice and Power in Africas Democracy
Africa has made notable progress in its nascent democracy but with uneven performance across countries. However, across the board, challenges abound. Central to Africas checkered democratic narrative is the weakness of its democratic institutions, participatory mechanisms and accountability platforms. This book interrogates these elements with the role and capacity of the parliament, political parties, media, freedom of information law, trade union movements, gender empowerment mechanisms and accountability methods and processes all under examination. The weakness of democratic institutions has had a corrosive effect on political accountability and limits the scope for popular participation in governance. In many countries, innovative practices, and new social and political encounters are emerging that challenge old institutional cultures, promote reforms and demand accountability from the governing elite. The book captures these varied, innovative patterns of democratic change. With first-hand knowledge and expertise of the continent, the contributors analyse the issues, trends, problems and challenges in these critical areas of Africas democratic growth. The conclusion is that strengthening democratic institutions, opening up the political space for enhanced political participation and ensuring political accountability will determine the course, prospects and quality of Africas budding democracy.
Said Adejumobi is Director of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa based in Lusaka, Zambia.
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Voice and Power in Africas Democracy
Institutions, Participation and Accountability
Edited by Said Adejumobi
Voice and Power in Africas Democracy
Institutions, Participation and Accountability
Edited by
Said Adejumobi
First published 2018 by Routledge 2 Park Square Milton Park Abingdon Oxon - photo 1
First published 2018
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2018 Said Adejumobi
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Adejumobi, Said, editor, contributor.
Title: Voice and power in African democracy: institutions, participation
and accountability / edited by Said Adejumobi.
Other titles: Contemporary African politics series (Routledge (Firm)); 7.
Description: New York, NY: Routledge, 2017. | Series: Contemporary
African politics series; 7 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017005935 | ISBN 9781472478931 (hardback) |
ISBN 1472478932 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315566092 (ebook) |
ISBN 1315566095 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: DemocracyAfrica. |
AfricaPolitics and government. | Social institutionsAfrica. | Political
participationAfrica. | Government accountabilityAfrica.
Classification: LCC JQ1879.A15 V65 2017 | DDC 320.46dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017005935
ISBN: 978-1-4724-7893-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-56609-2 (ebk)
Typeset in Times New Roman
by Wearset Ltd, Boldon, Tyne and Wear
L. Adele-Jinadu
Teacher, mentor, comrade and senior colleague
Contents
SAID ADEJUMOBI
PART I
Institutions, accountability and reforms
M.A. MOHAMED SALIH
JOHN GASU
GEORGE KLAY KIEH, JR.
ISSAKA K. SOUAR
SAMUEL OJO OLORUNTOBA
SAID ADEJUMOBI
PART II
Popular participation
FUNMI ADEWUMI
RAMOLA RAMTOHUL
AKIN IWILADE
FOLA ADELEKE
Adejumobi, Said (PhD) is currently Director, Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Lusaka, Zambia. Before then, he was Director of the Governance and Public Administration Division at the ECA Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A former university professor, he taught at the university for about two decades and won several academic awards and fellowships. These include Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York, USA; Norwegian Nobel Institute Fellowship, Oslo, Norway; and Visiting Scholar, Aalborg University, Denmark. He also served as Governance Advisor to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Abuja, Nigeria before joining the UN. At the ECA, he coordinated a flagship report for the organization the African Governance Report (AGR), which is reputed to be the most comprehensive report on governance in Africa. He has researched and published extensively on issues of governance, democracy, citizenship and development in Africa. He has edited/authored ten books and contributed over 70 articles to international journals and as chapters in books. His recent edited books include National Democratic Reforms in Africa: Changes and Challenges (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Democratic Renewal in Africa: Trends and Discourses (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), State, Economy and Society in Post-Military Nigeria (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Governance and Democracy in Post-Military Nigeria: Changes and Challenges (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). He serves on the advisory board of several academic journals, including Social Dynamics, African Journal of Democracy and Governance and Journal of African Democracy
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