Governing Africas Changing Societies : : Dynamics of Reform / / ed. by Stephen N. Ndegwa, Ellen M. Lust.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Boone, Catherine,; Bratton, Michael,; Kwamena Onoma, Ato,; Lewis, Peter,; Lust, Ellen M,; Lust, Ellen M.,; Ndegwa, Stephen N.,; Villalón, Leonardo A,; Wing, Susanna D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Lust, Ellen M.,; Ndegwa, Stephen N.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 The Challenges of Governance in Africa’s Changing Societies --; 2 The Democracy-Governance Connection --; 3 Democracy and Economic Performance --; 4 Contested Land Rights in Rural Africa --; 5 Property Rights: Preferences and Reform --; 6 Women’s Rights and Family Law Reform in Francophone Africa --; 7 Religion, Democracy, and Education Reform in the Sahel --; 8 Rethinking the Dynamics of Reform in Africa --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626371064; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626371064
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Stephen N. Ndegwa, Ellen M. Lust.

What is the cumulative impact of the immense social, economic, and political changes that Africa has undergone in recent decades? What opportunities do those changes present to improve the lives of the continent's citizens? Countering the prevailing mood of pessimism in the face of disappointed expectations, the authors of Governing Africa's Changing Societies demonstrate the significance of even incomplete reforms in the areas of competitive elections and democratization, gender relations, property rights, the public sector, and privatization, among others. In the aggregate, their work reveals how seemingly small or sluggish changes are accumulating to fundamentally, and positively, transform Africa's governance environment.