Author:Nijzink, Lia; Mozaffar, Shaheen; Azevedo, ElisabeteDate:2006While modern parliaments in Africa receive little attention in the scholarly literature, they are receiving considerable attention from the international donor community. Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party ...Read morecbnd
Author:Piombo, Jessica; Nijzink, LiaDate:2005This comprehensive volume brings together contributions and diverse opinions from leading and emerging South African and international scholars to assess the quality of democracy and the electoral process in South Africa over the past ten ...Read more
Author:Nijzink, Lia; Piombo, JessicaDate:2004This paper charts the development of the two institutions most central to the nature of representative democracy in South Africa: the electoral system and the National Assembly.2 It reviews how developments since 1994 have shaped the institutional ...Read morecbnd