This collection of essays assesses the efforts of African governments to constitutionalise decentralisation, be it in the form of federalism, local government o
The 1990s were marked by democratic reforms throughout Africa, which went in tandem with decentralization reforms. The chapters of the volume all highlight the
An exploration of why some decentralization reforms have led to viable systems of local governance in Africa, while others have failed. It outlines the key issu
Africa is changing and it is easy to overlook how decentralization, democratization, and new forms of illiberalism have transformed federalism, political partie
This book is an outcome of the workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, held in Indiana, during the 1985/86. It seeks to explains why the centralized A