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Access to information in Africa : law, culture and practice /

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 practiti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Diallo, Fatima (Autor, Editor ), Calland, Richard (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Colección:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 27.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The right of access to information : the state of the art and the emerging theory of change / Richard Calland
  • The problem of access to information in African jurisdictions : constitutionalism, citizenship, and the human rights discourse / Colin Darch
  • Transparency and power relations : socio-anthropological perspectives on the right of access to information / Fatima Diallo
  • Constitutional domestication of the right of access to information in Africa : retrospect and prospects / Fola Adeleke
  • Statistics, indicators and access to information in African countries / Colin Darch
  • The extractive industry transparency initiative and corruption in Nigeria : rethinking the links between transparency and accountability / Uwafiokun Idemudia
  • Towards realizing the right of access to Internet-based information in Africa / Fola Adeleke and Matilda Lasseko Phooko
  • An actionable constitutional right of ATI : the case of Southern Africa / Matilda Lasseko Phooko
  • The Uganda freedom of information campaign : stuck in the mud? / Dan Ngabirano
  • Realizing the right of access to information in Kenya : what should stakeholders be on the lookout for? / Edwin Abuya
  • The right to information in Burkina Faso : an unfinished quest / Abdoul Karim Sango
  • Access to information and transparency : opportunities and challenges for Nigeria's FOI Act 2011 / Morayo Adebayo and Akinyinka Akinyoade.