Democratization in Africa 1990–2010: an assessment

Lynch, Gabrielle; Crawford, Gordon

doi:10.1080/13510347.2011.554175

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“…Critics allege that good-governance policies are symbolic, subtle gestures that fail to address the substance of failed market reforms (Chang, 2007), and that democratic progress is often minimal due to donors' mixed commitment (Lynch &Crawford, 2011). Nevertheless, such policies illustrate how the criteria and means of accounting for development extend into the social and political, and beyond economic growth and rising average incomes.…”

Section: Good-governance Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

Hopper

Lassou

Soobaroyen

2017

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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Accounting is an instrument and an object in globalisation but its impact and manifestation is not uniform across Northern developed countries and Southern developing countries (DCs). This paper reviews contributions on globalisation and its influence on accounting in DCs, and identifies important research gaps. It examines the role of accounting in changing development policies, from state capitalism through neo-liberal market-based to good-governance policies. It then considers specific accounting issues, namely the diffusion of International Accounting Standards (now International Financial Reporting Standards) and how they promote global neo-liberalism; the development of the accounting profession in DCs in the face of competition from Northern global accounting firms and professional associations; accounting issues in state-owned organisations, and privatised and multinational corporations; government accounting reforms and the resurrection of the state in DCs; social and environmental accounting issues; and the rise of non-governmental organisations and their accounting and accountability. The discussion and conclusions reflect on achievements to date and important areas requiring further development.

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Section: Good-governance Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

Hopper

Lassou

Soobaroyen

2017

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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“…At least 2.5 billion people hold community lands, over 6+ billion hectares, more than half the global land area [38]. Second, the nature of community tenure is also proving more relevant in most of the 130 or so economies which The World Bank identifies as agrarian in the 21st century [39], as a useful framework for devolving authority and decision-making to the grassroots [40]. Third, the community land sector is predominantly made up of resources that have been seriously neglected in property relations-forests, rangelands and swamplands.…”

Section: Evolving Global Support For Securer Community Landsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Community Land Act in Kenya Opportunities and Challenges for Communities

Wily¹

2018

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Kenya is the most recent African state to acknowledge customary tenure as producing lawful property rights, not merely rights of occupation and use on government or public lands. This paper researches this new legal environment. This promises land security for 6 to 10 million Kenyans, most of who are members of pastoral or other poorer rural communities. Analysis is prefaced with substantial background on legal trends continentally, but the focus is on Kenya's Community Land Act, 2016, as the framework through which customary holdings are to be identified and registered. A main conclusion is that while Kenya's law is positive and even cutting-edge in respects, legal loopholes place communities at risk of their lands not being as secure as promised ahead of formalization, and at risk of losing some of their most valuable lands during the formalization process. This is mainly due to overlapping claims by the national and local government authorities. Political will to apply the law is also weak. The truism that the law is never enough on its own to secure social change is illustrated. With or without legal protection, the assistance of non-state actors will be needed to help communities secure their lands under formal collective entitlements. The need for judicial interpretation of disputed legal provisions may also be required to ensure new constitutional principles are delivered.

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“…Although multiparty politics with regular elections have become the norm and a majority of countries have now held a fourth and fifth round of elections (Lindberg, 2006;Lynch and Crawford, 2011), indicators of quality of government show decline, despite theoretical expectations that democracy should lead to improvements. This chapter contributes a theoretical argument, focused on elite-ruler relations, that explains the mismatch between our existing theories and observed empirical realities in Africa.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Newly democratized states in Africa have been described variously as 'hybrid regimes' (Bogaards, 2009), 'defective democracies' (Merkel, 2004), and more akin to 'minimalist democracies' (Clapham and Wiseman, 1995). Although progress has been made compared to their predecessor regimes, they are seen to have a number of profound flaws including ongoing military interventions, democratic rollback, entrenched ethnic voting, and high levels of violence including election violence (Lynch and Crawford, 2011). This viewpoint assumes that citizens want good governance and demand it from their politicians but weak institutions make them unable to articulate these demands and incentivize politicians in the way theories expect.…”

Section: Corruption and Democratizationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government

Dahlström¹,

Wängnerud²

2015

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The Executive Politics and Governance series focuses on central government, its organisation and its instruments. It is particularly concerned with how the changing conditions of contemporary governing affect perennial questions in political science and public administration. Executive Politics and Governance is therefore centrally interested in questions such as how politics interacts with bureaucracies, how issues rise and fall on political agendas, and how public organisations and services are designed and operated. This book series encourages a closer engagement with the role of politics in shaping executive structures, and how administration shapes politics and policy-making. In addition, this series also wishes to engage with the scholarship that focuses on the organisational aspects of politics, such as government formation and legislative institutions.The series welcomes high-quality research-led monographs with comparative appeal. Edited volumes that provide in-depth analysis and critical insights into the field of Executive Politics and Governance are also encouraged.Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world.Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataElites, institutions and the quality of government / edited by Carl Dahlström, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden ; Lena Wängnerud, Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. pages cm. -(Executive politics and governance) Includes bibliographical references. Summary: "Elite politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen hold the fortunes of societies in their hands not only because of their direct influence on politics, administration and economy but also since their behavior indirectly signals how things are done. How are elites persuaded not to use their privileged position to enrich themselves at the expense of the society at large? The answer from research, so far, is through formal and informal institutional constraints, which in different ways alter incentives at the top. This edited volume contributes to the knowledge of the interaction between elites, institutions and other constraints and how this affects corruption and other forms of bad government. It problematizes the incentives for elites and masses to fight grand and petty corruption, respectively, and demonstrates the importance of elite constraints for good societies, where infant mortality is low and life expectancy and satisfaction are high. It also explores the behavior of a largely unconstrained elite group, namely the diplomatic corps, and shows how corru...

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Democratization in Africa 1990–2010: an assessment

Cited by 212 publications

References 116 publications

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

Globalisation, accounting and developing countries

The Community Land Act in Kenya Opportunities and Challenges for Communities

Elites, Institutions and the Quality of Government

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