Description
Book SynopsisThis book is the third in CARAD''s publication series on Strategic Policy Studies on State, Democracy Governance and Management. The second series is on "State-Building and Democracy in Africa: A Comparative and Development Approach". These series seek to contribute to the ongoing debate on Democratisation, Governance and Development since the collapse of the Communist System and Africa''s Lost Decades of the 1980s. The subject of a ''developmental state and the challenges of governance'' remains topical, and is hoped the views expressed here puts the various issues firmly at the centre of the debate, calling for transparency, social justice, the rule of law and accountability agenda that sows the seeds of a genuine renewal of state and society''s role in embodying and shaping democracy on the African continent. There is need for building capacities for sustainable development to bring Africa in line with global development.
