Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Politics in Africa: Historical Contexts, Developments, and Dilemmas

ISBN-13: 9781137555915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 299 str.

Eunice N. Sahle

Opis

This volume explores contemporary political developments in various parts of Africa in the age of democracy, constitutionalism, the securitization of development, and global terrorism. The contributions by leading observers of constitutionalism and African politics in the context of a global political and economic system provide a nuanced understanding of important themes in contemporary African politics: constitutionalism, democratic politics and governance, women s rights, the African Union, securitization of development, civil society, and debates concerning global terrorism and the war on terror. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars, civil society organizations, and public policy makers interested in contemporary African politics."

Spis treści

1. Introduction and Notes on Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism and the War on Terror

Eunice N. Sahle

2. Africa’s “Constitutionalism Revival”: False Start or New Dawn?

H. Kwasi Prempeh

3. Some Perspectives on Durability and Change under Modern African Constitutions

Charles M. Fombad

4. Promoting Gender Equality in the Era of Democracy and Constitutionalism in Southern Africa

Eunice N. Sahle

5. Dressing and Addressing the Kenyan Judiciary: Reflections on the History and Politics of Judicial Attire and Address

Willy Mutunga

6. Understanding Changing Norms of Sovereignty and Intervention in Africa: 2000 Constitutive Act of The African Union,  Article 4(h)

Jason Warner

7. Electoral Democracy and Election Coalitions in Former Settler Colonies in Africa: Is Democracy on Trial or Trial or on Reserve Gear in Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire and Zimbabwe?

Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o

8. Major Challenges of Governance in Africa Today

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

9. State, Civil Society and Democracy in Kenya: Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ) and the political crisis of 2007-2008

Anders Sjögren, Onyango Oloo and Shailja Patel

O autorze

Eunice N. Sahle is Associate Professor in the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies and in the Curriculum in Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, where she is also Fellow at the Center for Urban and Regional Studies.