Ken Ochieng' Opalo

Legislative Development in Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781108492102
• ISBN-10: 110849210X
• Artikelnr.: 54803288

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.