02741cam a22003978i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000420008802000380013004000270016804200080019504300120020305000220021508200190023710000410025624501000029726300090039726400550040630000130046133600210047433700250049533800230052050000870054350400510063050503120068152010740099365000410206765000310210865100370213990600450217694200120222199900150223395200950224820843874OSt20240513110508.0190206s2019    nyu      b    001 0 eng c  a  2019005630  a9781108492102 (hardback : alk. paper)  a9781108710350 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aIEN/DLCbengerdacIEN  apcc  af------00aJQ1877b.O63 201904a328.6223bOPA1 aOpalo, Ken Ochieng',d1983-eauthor.10aLegislative development in Africa :bpolitics and post-colonial legacies /cKen Ochieng' Opalo.  a1907 1aNew York, NY :bCambridge University Press,c2019.  apages cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Stanford University, 2015.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction -- Legislative development in Africa -- Intra-elite politics and credible commitment -- Colonial origins of parliaments in Kenya and Aambia -- Elite control and legislative development -- Legislative institutionalization in time -- Electoral politics and legislative independence -- Conclusion.  a"What explains contemporary variations in African legislative institutions -- including their strengths and weaknesses? Compared with more power executive branches, legislatures throughout the continent have historically been classified as weak and almost inconsequential to policy-making processes. But as Ken Ochieng' Opalo suggests here, African legislatures actually serve important roles, and under certain conditions, powerful and independent democratic legislatures emerge from their autocratic foundations. In this book, Opalo examines the colonial origins of African legislatures, as well as how post-colonial intra-elite politics sought to adapt inherited colonial legislatures to their respective local political contexts. By focusing on the case studies of Kenya and Zambia, Opalo offers a comparative longitudinal study of legislative strength and institutionalization as well as a regional survey of legislative development under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multiparty politics throughout Africa"--Provided by publisher. 0aLegislative bodieszAfricaxHistory. 0aLegislative powerzAfrica. 0aAfricaxPolitics and government.  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBK  c4038d4038  00102ddc4070a001b001cGENd2022-10-18l0o328.6p20220121r2024-05-13w2024-05-13yBK