| Access to Information in Africa: Law, Culture and Practice Contributor(s): Diallo, Fatima (Editor), Calland, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004250654 ISBN-13: 9789004250659 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $62.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 342.606 |
| LCCN: 2013009560 |
| Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.35 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For a long time, Africa has 'lagged' behind global advances in transparency, but there are now significant developments on the continent. In a ground-breaking book, Access to Information in Africa brings together for the first time a collection of African academics and practitioners to contribute to the fast-growing body of scholarship that is now accumulating internationally. This is therefore an African account of progress made and setbacks suffered, but also an account of challenges and obstacles that confront both policy-makers and practitioners. These challenges must be overcome if greater public access to information is to make a distinctive, positive contribution to the continent's democratic and socio-economic future. This book offers a necessarily multi-dimensional perspective on the state of ATI in African jurisdictions and the emerging, new praxis - a praxis that will entail a genuine domestication of the right of access to information on the continent. |
