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Federalism and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa book cover

1st Edition

Federalism and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited By Jan Erk Copyright 2018
134 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge
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The 1990s were marked by democratic reforms throughout Africa, which went in tandem with decentralization reforms. The chapters of the volume all highlight the gradual changes that have taken place since. Long-term structural uncodified factors – be it societal, economic, geographic, demographic – seem to have interacted with the constitutional clauses introduced during the reforms. Some... Read more

1. Federalism and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Five Patterns of Evolution Jan Erk

2. Federalism in Africa: Origins, Operation and (In)Significance J. Tyler Dickovick

3. When Decentralization Leads to Recentralization: Subnational State Transformation in Uganda Janet I. Lewis

4. Ethnic Decentralization and the Challenges of Inclusive Governance in Multiethnic Cities: The Case of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Asnake Kefale

5. Decentralization in Post-Apartheid South Africa Thomas A. Koelble & Andrew Siddle

6. The Geography of Governance in Africa: New Tools from Satellites, Surveys and Mapping Initiatives Heather Huntington & Erik Wibbels

Biography

Jan Erk is currently the Jan Smuts Memorial Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. He completed his doctorate at McGill University and his post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto in Canada. In 2018, he will become a Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa.

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