Governance and Politics in Africa / / ed. by Michael Bratton, Goran Hyden.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Barkan, Joel D.,; Bratton, Michael,; Chazan, Naomi,; Holm, John D.,; Hyden, Goran,; Kante, Babacar,; MacGaffey, Janet,; Molutsi, Patrick P.,; Newbury, Catharine,; Robinson, Pearl T.,; Rothchild, Donald,; Tripp, Aili Mari,; Walle, Nicolas van de,; Williams, Donald C.,; Young, Crawford,
• HerausgeberIn: Bratton, Michael ,; Hyden, Goran,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Preface --; 1 Governance and the Study of Politics --; 2 Toward Governance in Africa: Popular Demands and State Responses --; 3 Governance, Democracy, and the 1988 Senegalese Elections --; 4 State-Society Relations in Botswana: Beginning Liberalization --; 5 Accommodation in the Midst of Crisis? Assessing Governance in Nigeria --; 6 Liberalization, Governance, and Political Space in Ghana --; 7 Grassroots Legitimation of Military Governance in Burkina Faso and Niger: The Core Contradictions --; 8 The Rise and Fall of a Governance Realm in Kenya --; 9 Rwanda: Recent Debates over Governance and Rural Development --; 10 Local Organizations, Participation, and the State in Urban Tanzania --; 11 Initiatives From Below: Zaire's Other Path to Social and Economic Restructuring --; 12 The Institutional Bases of Governance in Africa --; Bibliography --; About the Authors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685853297; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685853297
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Michael Bratton, Goran Hyden.

A discussion of the concept of "governance" and its use in comparative politics today introduces case studies from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zaire.