Public Participation in African Constitutionalism

• Main Authors: Abbiate, Tania, Böckenförde, Markus, Federico, Veronica
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2018; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Global Cooperation Series
• Subjects: Africa; Africa - Regional Development; African; African Constitutionalism; African Politics; authoritarian rule; Car; Central African Republic; Civic Education; Civil Society; Comparative politics; Constitution Building Processes; Constitution making; Constitutional history; Constitutional history > Africa; Constitutional Review Act; constitutionalism; Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; Democracy; Democracy > Africa; Developing & Emerging Countries; development aid; Development economics and emerging economies; Development studies; Direct Democracy; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Egypt; failed state; Global Political Agreement; human development; human rights; Interdisciplinary studies; international community; Kenya; Kenya Review; Kenya Review Act; Kenya Review Commission; legitimacy; Libya; Morocco; National Constituent Assembly; National Constitutional Conference; Participatory Constitution Making; peace building; Peace studies and conflict resolution; Political participation; Political participation > Africa; Political Science; Politics and government; post-conflict; public participation; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Senegal; Social groups, communities and identities; Social Science; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Somalia; South Sudan; State building; Tanzania; Tunisia; Urban communities; Wako Draft; Warfare and defence; World; Zambia; Zimbabwe; South Africa's Democratic Transition; Constitutional Review Act; African Constitutionalism; Kenya Review Act; Participatory Constitution Making; Wako Draft; Bomas Draft; Constitutional Drafting Process; Civic Education; Civil Society; Global Political Agreement; Direct Democracy; Transitional Federal Government; LGBTI People; Constitution Building Processes; South Sudan; Kenya Review; National Constituent Assembly; National Constitutional Conference; Meaningful Public Participation; Kenya Review Commission; Car; Political Parties; LGBTI Right; LGBTI Organisation

During the last decade of the 20th century, Africa has been marked by a "constitutional wind" which has blown across the continent giving impetus to constitutional reforms designed to introduce constitutionalism and good governance. One of the main features of these processes has been the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 15 Societal engagement, democratic transition, and constitutional implementation in Malawi -- Chapter 16 Public participation and the death penalty in South Africa's constitution-making process -- Chapter 17 A success story of participation? LGBTI rights in South Africa -- Chapter 18 The cross-cutting issue of religion in the Tunisian participatory constitution-making process -- Conclusion: Does participation help to foster constitutionalism in Africa? -- Index
• Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- References -- Part I Conceptualizing public participation in constitution- making processes -- Chapter 1 Participation - to unveil a myth -- Chapter 2 Letting the constituent power decide? Merits and challenges of referenda in constitution-making processes in Africa -- Part II Participation in constitution-making processes -- Chapter 3 The flawed public participation in the Egyptian constitutional process -- Chapter 4 The 2011 constitution-making process in Morocco: A limited and controlled public participation -- Chapter 5 Participation in the Tunisian constitution-making process -- Chapter 6 The role of participation in the two Kenyan constitution- building processes of 2000-2005 and 2010: Lessons learnt? -- Chapter 7 The francophone paradox: Participation in Senegal and in Central African Republic -- Chapter 8 People and constitutions: The case of Zambia -- Chapter 9 Public participation under authoritarian rule: The case of Zimbabwe -- Chapter 10 The role of civil society in the Libyan constitution-making process -- Chapter 11 Public participation and elite capture: A yet incomplete struggle towards a new constitution in Tanzania -- Chapter 12 Mission impossible? Opportunities and limitations of public participation in constitution-making in a failed state - the case of Somalia -- Chapter 13 The process of drafting a citizen-driven constitution in South Sudan: Which role for the public? -- Part III Participation in context: Does it make a difference? -- Chapter 14 Wanjiku's constitution: Women's participation and their impact in Kenya's constitution-building processes