Parties Political Finance And Governance In Africa

Author : Rachel Sigman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009262831
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa written by Rachel Sigman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the strategies political parties use to extract money from the state and how these strategies shape government performance.

Author : Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih
Publisher : OSSREA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Political Parties written by Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2003-02-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critique of modern African 'democracies'

Author : A. Carl LeVan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137523344
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African State Governance written by A. Carl LeVan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is changing and it is easy to overlook how decentralization, democratization, and new forms of illiberalism have transformed federalism, political parties, and local politics. Chapters on Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa help fill an important gap in comparative institutional research about state and local politics in Africa.

Author : Julie Ballington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns written by Julie Ballington and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a general description of the different models of political finance regulations and analyses the relationship between party funding and effective democracy. The most important part of the book is an extensive matrix on political finance laws and regulations for about 100 countries. Public funding regulations, ceilings on campaign expenditure, bans on foreign donations and enforcing an agency are some of the issues covered in the study. Includes regional studies and discusses how political funding can affect women and men differently, and the delicate issue of monitoring, control and enforcement of political finance laws.

Author : Muna Ndulo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975856239
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governance, the Rule of Law and Political Parties in Africa written by Muna Ndulo and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rachel Sigman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009262807
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa written by Rachel Sigman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major challenge for the advancement of democratic governance in Africa is the extraction of money by ruling parties from the state to fund their electoral campaigns and gain political advantage over opponents. Drawing upon in-depth case studies of Benin and Ghana, Rachel Sigman considers how, and with what consequences, party leaders control and access public funds to finance their political operations. Weaving together biographical data on government ministers, surveys of civil servants, elite interviews, and archival research, Sigman explains leaders' extraction strategies and connects these strategies to how politicians manage state personnel. In so doing, she challenges the perception of African states as uniformly weak and argues that effective government is possible even in contexts of widespread state politicization, corruption, and clientelism. Demonstrating the profound impact that extractive financing practices have on democratic institutions, Sigman illuminates and develops our understanding of “good governance” across the African continent.

Author : Elliott Green
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134933053
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Opposition and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Elliott Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a closer look at the role and meaning of political opposition for the development of democracy across sub-Saharan Africa. Why is room for political opposition in most cases so severely limited? Under what circumstances has the political opposition been able to establish itself in a legitimate role in African politics? To answer these questions this edited volume focuses on the institutional settings, the nature and dynamics within and between political parties, and the relationship between the citizens and political parties. It is found that regional devolution and federalist structures enable political opposition to organize and gain local power, as a supplement to influence at the central level. Generally, however, opposition parties are lacking in organization and institutionalization, as well as in their ability to find support in civil society and promote the issues that voters find most important. Overall, strong executive powers, unchecked by democratic institutions, in combination with deferential values and fear of conflict, undermine legitimate opposition activity. This book was originally published as a special issue of Democratization.

Author : Colin Bature
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412026431
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Indaba Resource written by Colin Bature and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Indaba Resource is a book of views, examples, models, questions, stories, analogies and more, to provoke thought and provide material for any political indaba. It is presented as a text of political reference with particular emphasis on the continent of Africa, including the Middle East's influence on her northern states, and is based on views, observations, experiences, and research carried out throughout Africa and the Middle East over a 20-year period from the mid-1970s. Many African states have now achieved an almost irredeemable position socially and politically, this is not true of Zimbabwe today (2004). Although little time remains to correct this, their position is still redeemable. The models, lessons learned and examples presented in this book, although aimed mainly at the way forward for Zimbabwe, are equally valid for other countries; that is, nations with similar resources of a comparable or younger post-conflict or post-independence age. This book presents well-established political models and how they apply to Africa. The opening chapters offer a good foundation for those unfamiliar with electoral and parliamentary models of the world and also consider the use, failings, unsuitability and corruption of such models throughout the African continent. Following the basic reference of political models and how they apply to Africa, the text then turns its attentions to Southern Africa, presenting social responsibilities, views and issues, and the important role they play in the successful governing and stability of any nation. After considering these social issues, having presented the reader with the standard selection of electoral models while putting forward views regarding why they are unsuitable for Africa, the text examines successful forms of governing. Theoretical and specific examples are reviewed as a means of identifying key ingredients needed to achieve suitable alternatives for the choice of electoral model and an acceptable resulting system of governance. The final chapters present a proposed alternative model for a successful system of governance, with particular reference to Zimbabwe and the rest of the Southern Africa.

Author : Kofi Kumado
Publisher : Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funding Political Parties in West Africa written by Kofi Kumado and published by Foundation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Luna
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367429560
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Political Financing in Developing Countries written by Joseph Luna and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that to fully grasp the decision-making of politicians and political actors in developing countries, we must first understand how politicians finance their campaigns for office--and to whom they are indebted and expected to repay. Political Financing in Developing Countries focuses on Ghana in depth, a country often held up as an example of a successful, two-party democracy with regular party changes in government. However, it is unlikely that candidates and political parties are wealthy enough to finance the increasing costs of campaigns and constituent demands, and successful democratic outcomes could be masking a system that actually hinders development progress. Drawing on nearly 200 interviews and extensive fieldwork, this book posits that political funds are extracted by an iron square of politicians, bureaucrats, construction contractors, and political-party chairs which rigs the procurement of local-development projects to generate kickbacks. The iron square remains robust across party changes in government due to reciprocity obligations that minimize contractors' income risks. Ultimately, this web of kickbacks diminishes the quality of development by reducing the funds available for projects and distorting incentives to monitor projects. To break this iron square, the book recommends replacing sealed-bid procurement--a "best practice" that ignores on-the-ground realities--with a system that accounts for income stabilization and social obligations. Overall, the book argues that scholars of development should advance research on political finance to identify and then alleviate the games that decision makers must play to survive in the political sphere. Political Financing in Developing Countries will be an important and timely resource for scholars across development studies, politics, economics, and African Studies.