Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa
Issues of constitutionalism, good governance and democracy are determined by the type of leadership in a country and/or continent. Despite colonial legacy, leadership in Africa has struggled to promote pro-people policies that accommodate the needs of the populace. Leadership deficiency is a cause f...
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author | Chikerema, Arthur Sithole, Angeline Chakunda, Vincent Matsika, Kudzai |
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description | Issues of constitutionalism, good governance and democracy are determined by the type of leadership in a country and/or continent. Despite colonial legacy, leadership in Africa has struggled to promote pro-people policies that accommodate the needs of the populace. Leadership deficiency is a cause for concern in African countries in terms of progressive and visionary leadership. Perspectives on political leadership in Africa vary from the“criminalisation” of the state to political leadership as “dispensing patrimony”, the “recycling “of elites and the use of state power and resources to consolidate political and economic power as stated by Van Wyk (2007) . African states and their leaders have exploited and monopolized internal sovereignty to mean absolute power, persornalisation of state-like services and have monopoly of and over organised violence.
This paper attempt to review and analyze the type and styles of political leadership in Africa in an effort to promote democracy and good governance. Leaders play a pivotal role in political agenda setting, the distribution of resources and political actions. The contemporary state in Africa is a remnant of a colonially
imposed system. At the time of independence, elites attempted to transform this but only succeeded in entrenching their interests .This paper therefore seeks to unpakage why African countries are no better than they were under colonial rule. Of what value then is the hard won independence that African countries commemorate on a yearly basis? African politicians need to provide good leadership qualities so as to consolidate democracy and good governance. |
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spelling | ir-11408-37942022-06-27T13:49:06Z Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa Chikerema, Arthur Sithole, Angeline Chakunda, Vincent Matsika, Kudzai Democracy Democratic consolidation leadership Governance Human rights Issues of constitutionalism, good governance and democracy are determined by the type of leadership in a country and/or continent. Despite colonial legacy, leadership in Africa has struggled to promote pro-people policies that accommodate the needs of the populace. Leadership deficiency is a cause for concern in African countries in terms of progressive and visionary leadership. Perspectives on political leadership in Africa vary from the“criminalisation” of the state to political leadership as “dispensing patrimony”, the “recycling “of elites and the use of state power and resources to consolidate political and economic power as stated by Van Wyk (2007) . African states and their leaders have exploited and monopolized internal sovereignty to mean absolute power, persornalisation of state-like services and have monopoly of and over organised violence. This paper attempt to review and analyze the type and styles of political leadership in Africa in an effort to promote democracy and good governance. Leaders play a pivotal role in political agenda setting, the distribution of resources and political actions. The contemporary state in Africa is a remnant of a colonially imposed system. At the time of independence, elites attempted to transform this but only succeeded in entrenching their interests .This paper therefore seeks to unpakage why African countries are no better than they were under colonial rule. Of what value then is the hard won independence that African countries commemorate on a yearly basis? African politicians need to provide good leadership qualities so as to consolidate democracy and good governance. 2020-07-16T13:38:20Z 2020-07-16T13:38:20Z 2013 Article 2279-0837 http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol14-issue5/J01456750.pdf?id=6913 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3794 en Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS);Vol. 14; No. 5: p. 67-70 open |
spellingShingle | Democracy Democratic consolidation leadership Governance Human rights Chikerema, Arthur Sithole, Angeline Chakunda, Vincent Matsika, Kudzai Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa |
title | Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa |
title_full | Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa |
title_fullStr | Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa |
title_short | Good governance, democracy and leadership styles in Africa |
title_sort | good governance, democracy and leadership styles in africa |
topic | Democracy Democratic consolidation leadership Governance Human rights |
url | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol14-issue5/J01456750.pdf?id=6913 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/3794 |
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