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050	0	0	_a LAW JQ1875.A55 _bD4227 2019
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245	0	0	_aDecentralisation and constitutionalism in Africa / _cedited by Charles M. Fombad and Nico Steytler.
246	3	0	_aDecentralization and constitutionalism in Africa
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aOxford, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2019.
300			_axxxvii, 620 p. ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aThis collection of essays assesses the efforts of African governments to constitutionalise decentralisation, be it in the form of federalism, local government or traditional authorities. Since the end of the Cold War jurisdictions across Africa have witnessed an ostensible return to multi-party democracy within the paradigm of constitutionalism and the rule of law. Linked to the democratisation process, many countries took steps to decentralize power by departing from the heavily centralized systems inherited from colonial regimes. The centralization of power, typically characterized by the personalization and concentration of power in the hands of leaders and privileged elites in capital cities, mostly resulted in repressive regimes and fragile states. As decentralisation is a response to these challenges, this volume analyses the dynamic relationship between the efforts to implement decentralization and presence or absence of constitutionalism. 0This volume examines a variety of forms and degrees of decentralization found across Africa. It advances a new understanding of trends and patterns and facilitates the exchange of ideas among African governments and scholars about the critical role that decentralisation may play in democratization of and constitutionalism in Africa.
650		0	_aDecentralization in government _zAfrica.
650		0	_aDemocracy _zAfrica.
650		7	_aDecentralization in government. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00888948
650		7	_aDemocracy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00890077
650		7	_aPolitics and government. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01919741
651		0	_aAfrica _xPolitics and government.
651		7	_aAfrica. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01239509
700	1		_aFombad, Charles Manga, _eeditor.
700	1		_aSteytler, N. C., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _tDecentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa. _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2019 _z0192585045 _w(OCoLC)1113902813
830		0	_aStellenbosch handbooks in African constitutional law.
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