Title: The state of governance in Africa

Authors: Chabal, Patrick

Place: Johannesburg

Publisher: University of the Witwatersrand. South African institute of international affairs (SAIIA)

Year: 2009

Journal: Occasional paper / South African institute of international affairs, University of the WitwatersrandGovernance and APRM programme

Volume: 26

PAGE: --

Subject: Governance & HIV and AIDS

Keywords: governance, political aspects, local government, africa

Abstract: The author points out that to understand why calls for good governance alone have not worked, one needs to understand how neo-patrimonial power is exercised, how it affects the operation of the state, and how it integrates formal and informal political processes.

URL: https://www.saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/saia_sop_26_chabal_20090223_en.pdf

Document type: E-article