Governing Africa's changing societies : dynamics of reform / Ellen M. Lust, Stephen N. Ndegwa.

What is the cumulative impact of the immense social, economic, and political changes that Africa has undergone in recent decades? What opportunities do those changes present to improve the lives of the continent's citizens? Countering the prevailing mood of pessimism in the face of disappointed...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lust, Ellen
Other Authors: Ndegwa, Stephen N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.
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Summary:What is the cumulative impact of the immense social, economic, and political changes that Africa has undergone in recent decades? What opportunities do those changes present to improve the lives of the continent's citizens? Countering the prevailing mood of pessimism in the face of disappointed expectations, the authors of Governing Africa's Changing Societies demonstrate the significance of even incomplete reforms in the areas of competitive elections and democratization, gender relations, property rights, the public sector, and privatization, among others. In the aggregate, their work reveals how seemingly small or sluggish changes are accumulating to fundamentally, and positively, transform Africa's governance environment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 243 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
ISBN:9781626371064
1626371067
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.