Effective Constitutional Discourse as an Important First Step to Democratization in Africa

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" Effective Constitutional Discourse as an Important First Step to Democratization in Africa "
John Mukum Mbaku

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1071338
Doc. No	:	LA114967
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852196X00043‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	John Mukum Mbaku
Title & Author	:	Effective Constitutional Discourse as an Important First Step to Democratization in Africa [Article]\ John Mukum Mbaku
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1996
Volume/ Issue Number	:	31/1-2
Page No	:	39–51
Abstract	:	This paper examines Africa's present transition to democracy and recommends that constitutional discourse be taken much more seriously in order to avoid the problems of the past thirty years. At independence, Africans chose institutional arrangements that were inefficient, weak, and not particularly viable. Today, Africans have another opportunity to device new institutional arrangements to lead them into the new century. If this opportunity is properly utilized, each country will be able to establish institutions that maximize the participation of all citizens in national development.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852196X00043‬