Electoral Politics, Laws and Ethnicity in Africa

Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 270 Seiten

2023 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-34135-9 (ISBN)

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The book will provide the first regionally widespread and thematic look at African electoral systems and antecedent issues such as electoral laws, gender, politics, violence, and youth challenges in Africa. It will enrich the discussion on four country-specific studies within a general regional framework that explains and explores a "home base" viewpoint of what occurs before, during and after elections. The book will bring together a discussion of diverse issues under one umbrella, which has never been done before. This book begins a discussion from an academic's and practitioner's view of elections, contrasting the intellectual discussion with the author's personal experience of practical realities on the ground. Additionally, the book will create long-standing and lasting literature that will compare elections in some of Africa's leading democratic countries, such as South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

lt;b> Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai holds a PhD from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. MACS in anti-corruption; LLM international human rights law, LLB in general law. and BA in English language and sociology. He is a civil society practitioner and a lawyer in Sierra Leone. He is Acting Head of the Department of Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Sierra Leone. His recent publication is Freedom of Information and Good Good Governance: the Curse of Corruption in Sierra Leone (2021), Palgrave Macmillan. He is the Chair of the Political Affairs Cluster of the African Union's Economic Social and Cultural Council. He also published a blog on Guaranteeing Socio-Economic Rights in the Constitution: A Case for Sierra Leone on the International Association of Constitutional Law blog.

1. Chapter One - Introduction.- Part 1: International And Constitutional Law, Legislative And Institutional Frame On Elections In Africa.- 2. Chapter Two - International And Regional Legal Instruments On Elections.- 3. Chapter Three - Comparative Constitutional Framework On Elections In Africa.- 4. Chapter Four -Electoral Commissions - Models and Roles And Responsibilities.- 5. Chapter Five- Political Parties Regulation In A Comparative Perspective: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, And Kenya.- Part 2 - Political Party Financing, Code Of Conduct And Judicalization In Election In Africa.- 6. Chapter Six- Political Party Financing.- 7. Chapter Seven - Codes of Conduct for Political Parties.- 8. Chapter Eight- Judicialization Of Elections.- Part 3- Politics, Citizenship, Ethnicity And Violence In Election In Africa.- 9. Chapter Nine - Ethnicity And Election In Africa.- 10. Chapter 10- Citizenship And Election In Africa.- 11. Chapter Eleven- Women And Youth In Elections.- 12. Chapter Twelve- Electoral Violence.- Part 4- Conclusions.- 13. Chapter Thirteen- Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.07.2023
Zusatzinfo	XV, 270 p. 6 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	503 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	elections in africa • Law • Violence • Voting Behaviour • Women and elections • young people and politics
ISBN-10	3-031-34135-X / 303134135X
ISBN-13	978-3-031-34135-9 / 9783031341359
Zustand	Neuware