Legislative Development in Africa - Politics and Postcolonial Legacies

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Legislative development in Africa; 3. Intra-elite politics and credible commitment; 4. Colonial origins of parliaments in Kenya and Zambia; 5. Elite control and legislative development; 6. Legislative institutionalization in time; 7. Electoral politics and legislative independence; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Ken Ochieng' Opalo is an assistant professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and B.A. from Yale University, Connecticut. His work has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Democracy, and the Journal of Eastern African Studies. His research interests include historical institutional development (with a focus on legislatures), the political economy of development, and the politics of the provision of public goods and services. Opalo's research has been supported by Stanford University's Susan Ford Dorsey Fellowship, the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), and the Omidyar Network.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Ochieng Opalo, Ken Ochieng' Opalo, Ken Ochieng (Georgetown University Opalo, Ken Ochieng'' (Georgetown University Opalo, Kennedy Ochieng' Opalo, Kennedy Ochieng'' (George Washington Univer Opalo, Kennedy Ochieng' (George Washington University Opalo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108492102
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49210-2
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, African History, Political science and theory, International institutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations