Editors:
- Provides details of the nature and pattern of democratic practice and governance in South Africa
- Discusses the impact of the African Peer Review Mechanism on political governance processes in South Africa
- Presents an objective analysis of the challenges of good governance and accountability in South Africa
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
A self-assessment strategy initiated by the African Union (AU) in 2002 and adoptedin 2003, the APRM is a voluntary mechanism adopted by countries in the African continent to improve governance in general. As a specialized AU agency, APRM monitors the peer review activities of each African country. It serves as a tool for sharing experiences, reinforcing best practices, identifying deficiencies, and assessing capacity-building needs to foster policies, standards, and practices that lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development, and accelerated sub-regional and continental economic integration.
This book will be useful for and appeal to scholars and researchers in political science, public administration, and the social sciences in general, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of democratic practice and processes, governance, public policy, and the African Peer Review Mechanism.
Keywords
- Human rights
- Accountability
- Leadership
- Public service delivery
- Gender-based violence
- Corruption
- Separation of powers
- Constitutional democracy
- Rule of law
- Peace
- Stability
- Citizen rights
- African Union
- New Partnership for Africa’s Development
- NEPAD
- Sustainable socio-economic development
- Corruption perception index
- African states
Editors and Affiliations
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University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
Isioma Ile
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Durban University of Technology, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Omololu Fagbadebo
About the editors
Omololu Fagbadebo is a Research Associate and a Contract Lecturer at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Previously, he taught Political Science at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was Press Secretary to the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1999-2003. Fagbadebo participated in the Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) on American Politics and Political Thought Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, in 2010. His research focuses on comparative politics, legislative studies, public governance, development studies, public institutions, and African government and politics. His book publications include Public Procurement, Corruption and the Crisis of Governance in Africa (2021), co-edited with Prof. Nirmala Dorasamy, published by Palgrave Macmillan; Democratic Practices and Governance in Nigeria (2021), co-edited with two other colleagues, published by Routledge; Impeachment in the Nigerian Presidential System: Challenges, Successes and the Way Forward (2020), published by Palgrave Macmillan; and Perspectives on the Legislature and the Prospects of Accountability in Nigeria and South Africa (2019), co-edited with Prof. Fayth Ruffin, published by Springer International Publishing.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democracy and Political Governance in South Africa
Book Subtitle: The African Peer Review Mechanism
Editors: Isioma Ile, Omololu Fagbadebo
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16313-5
Publisher: Springer 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 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16312-8Published: 03 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16315-9Published: 04 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16313-5Published: 02 November 2022
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 192
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Politics, Comparative Politics, Governance and Government, Public Policy, Electoral Politics, Public Administration