Overview
- Reflects some pertinent challenges, lessons, and experiences that are relevant to the process of transition
- Is an imperative for Africa to assert its place on the global scene of democratic governance and justice
- Acts as an emerging consensus that what is projected as democratic governance and justice in Africa
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
There is an emerging consensus that what is projected as democratic governance and justice in Africa requires a re-calibration, in particular, in relation to the constitutive demos, human rights, the realisation of commitments at various governance levels and the convergence between these ideations. The post-colonial narrative on democracy has unveiled some crevices in rule of law, political equality, political participation, political culture and freedom of the press. Aside from the fact that these notions are threatened by some existing institutional structures, these notions are increasingly being negotiated across political spaces. Evident in the prevalent narrative is an imperative for Africa to assert its place on the global scene of democratic governance and justice. However, if this will be accomplished, it is important to understand some of the issues that need to be worked through in this transition.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Aderomola Adeola is a democracy and human rights expert and the lead editor of Governance in Nigeria post-1999: revisiting the democratic ‘new dawn’ of the Fourth Republic (2019) and Compliance with International Human Rights Law in Africa (2022).
Makau Mutua is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Margaret W. Wong Professor at the University at Buffalo School of Law, USA, where he served as Dean for seven years, 2008-2014. He teaches international human rights, international business transactions and international law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Democracy, Governance and Justice in Africa
Editors: Aderomola Adeola, Makau W. Mutua
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74014-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74013-9Published: 04 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74016-0Published: 05 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74014-6Published: 03 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 377
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: African Politics, Democracy, Development and Sustainability, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Political Sociology