Overview
- Compares legislative oversight and accountability in South Africa and Nigeria
- Discusses the role of institutions in accountability and good governance
- Provides insights into remedies for accountability problems in the two countries
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Principles, Tradition and Power of the Branches of Government
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Conceptualising Challenges of Legislative Accountability and Oversight
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Mapping Change in Legislative Accountability and Oversight in Nigeria and South Africa
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Omololu Fagbadebo
Fagbadebo holds a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has taught Political Science at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School of Management, IT and Governance of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Prior to his foray into the academic, he was a journalist with practical experience in the political activities in Nigeria. He was a media correspondent at the Nigeria’s National Constitutional Conference, Abuja, 1995-1995. He also served as the Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1999-2003. He was a recipient of the Study of the American Politics and Political Thought Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in June/July, 2010. He has published academic papers in journals, books; and presented papers at conferences and workshops. His area of specialisation includes comparative politics, legislative studies, governance, development studies, and African politics.
Dr Fayth Ruffin
Ruffin holds a doctoral degree in Public Affairs, with specialisation in Public Governance, of the State University of New Jersey, United States of America. She is also a Juris Doctor of Antioch School of Law, Washington, DC. She has more than 38 years of teaching and research experience at different universities in the United States, including Urban Law Institutes and Antioch School of Law, both at Washington, DC. and Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey. She was into private law practice in New Jersey between 1990 and 2007. She is a recipient of several awards, grants and honours in universities in the United States and South Africa. She joined the services of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in May 2011 where she is the Academic Leader of the Public Governance Discipline in the School of Management, Information Technology andGovernance, since 2015. She has served in various management committees of the university where she is also a member of the Senate. She is widely published. She specializes in African Indigenous Knowledge Systems of Governance and Justice, South African Public Governance, Global/Local Disaster Risk Management and Risk Reduction, Local/Regional Economic Development, International Relations, Global Urban Management and Development, Global Rural Management and Development, Transnational Hybrid Governance, Global/Local Network Governance, Public Administration and Management (sub-national, national, international, regional and comparative), International and Comparative Law, Global Governance and Law, Socio-legal Studies, International Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on the Legislature and the Prospects of Accountability in Nigeria and South Africa
Editors: Omololu Fagbadebo, Fayth Ruffin
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93509-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93508-9Published: 17 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06676-5Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93509-6Published: 03 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 257
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, African Politics