Since the mid-1970s, African countries have engaged in - TopicsExpress



          

Since the mid-1970s, African countries have engaged in constitution-drafting exercises more than 90 times. Although some of these efforts were smokescreens for power grabs, man more were serious, participatory ventures. What is different about the tone now, compared to earlier years, is that the process of reform is increasingly negotiated with civic groups and churches, instead of directed from the top, and nongovernmental organizations as well as opposition parties have persisted in monitoring deliberations and in lobbying for inclusion of important provisions. Jennifer Widner, Africas Democratization: A Work in Progress (Current History, May 2005). Widner is professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton and director of Innovations for Successful Societies.
Posted on: Wed, 21 May 2014 15:51:34 +0000

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