The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kalula, Evance | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rwinkoko, Patrick | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-06T09:42:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-06T09:42:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2026-05-06T09:41:08Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Africa is one of the continents of the world that has embraced the democratisation process. In the last century when the rest of the world moved towards democracy and development, Africa remained a predominantly military or semi military-controlled continent ruled mostly by non-democratic and dictatorial governments. The formation of the Organisation for (OAU), now the African Union (AU) was the first step. towards promoting continental unity. The adoption of the Constitutive Act was a decisive step, showing that African states were not only conveniently changing the name of their continental organization, but indeed giving it a radically new vision and mission, and a set of clearly defined objectives and responsibilities. Some of the AU objectives are to accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent, promote peace, security, and stability on the continent and the respect for democratic principles, human rights, the rule of law and good governance. These led to the creation of different Regional Economic Communities (RECs) as role players in the process of the unification of the continent, but more particularly the way of promoting principles of good governance and democracy and the respect of the rule of law. If the rule of law is a universal principle, then supporting the rule of law is not necessarily imposing foreign ideas on a society. The challenge is to find ways in which a society may govern itself under the rule of law, using an approach that reflects the values and norms of that society. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Rwinkoko, P. (2011). <i>The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43189 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Rwinkoko, Patrick. <i>"The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43189 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rwinkoko, P. 2011. The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43189 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rwinkoko, Patrick AB - Africa is one of the continents of the world that has embraced the democratisation process. In the last century when the rest of the world moved towards democracy and development, Africa remained a predominantly military or semi military-controlled continent ruled mostly by non-democratic and dictatorial governments. The formation of the Organisation for (OAU), now the African Union (AU) was the first step. towards promoting continental unity. The adoption of the Constitutive Act was a decisive step, showing that African states were not only conveniently changing the name of their continental organization, but indeed giving it a radically new vision and mission, and a set of clearly defined objectives and responsibilities. Some of the AU objectives are to accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent, promote peace, security, and stability on the continent and the respect for democratic principles, human rights, the rule of law and good governance. These led to the creation of different Regional Economic Communities (RECs) as role players in the process of the unification of the continent, but more particularly the way of promoting principles of good governance and democracy and the respect of the rule of law. If the rule of law is a universal principle, then supporting the rule of law is not necessarily imposing foreign ideas on a society. The challenge is to find ways in which a society may govern itself under the rule of law, using an approach that reflects the values and norms of that society. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Commercial Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa TI - The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43189 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43189 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Rwinkoko P. The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43189 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Commercial Law | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Commercial Law | |
| dc.title | The promotion of good governance and democracy in the context of regional integration in Africa | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | LLM |