Legislative Development in Africa - Politics and Postcolonial Legacies

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.

Summary

What explains the variation in the functions and powers of various legislatures throughout Africa? Under what conditions can powerful and independent democratic legislatures emerge from their autocratic foundations? In this book, Ken Ochieng' Opalo explains the roles of African legislatures and looks at their development since colonial rule.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Ochieng' Opalo
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108710350
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71035-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 413 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• 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