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...