Access to Information in Africa ：Law, Culture and Practice ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Law, Culture and Practice

Publication series ：1

Author： Diallo   Fatima;Calland   Richard  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9789004251892

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004250659

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004250659

Subject： C91 Sociology

Language： ENG

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Description

As a new praxis emerges, in Access to Information in Africa for the first time African scholars and practitioners reflect on recent advances on the continent, as well as the obstacles that must still be overcome if greater public access to information is to make a distinctive contribution to Africas democratic and socio-economic future.

Chapter

Access to Information in Africa

pp.：  3 – 3

Copyright

pp.：  4 – 4

Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

Acknowledgements

pp.：  7 – 8

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

pp.：  9 – 12

List of Illustrations

pp.：  13 – 14

Introduction: Navigating the Transparency Landscape in Africa

pp.：  15 – 24

PART ONE: ACCESS TO INFORMATION: THEORETICAL CHALLENGES IN THE AFRICAN CONTEXT

pp.：  25 – 120

1. The Right of Access to Information: The State of the Art and the Emerging Theory of Change

pp.：  27 – 40

2. The Problem of Access to Information in African Jurisdictions: Constitutionalism, Citizenship, and Human Rights Discourse

pp.：  41 – 68

3. Transparency and Power Relations: Socio-Anthropological Perspectives on the Right of Access to Information

pp.：  69 – 96

4. Constitutional Domestication of the Right of Access to Information in Africa: Retrospect and Prospects

pp.：  97 – 120

PART TWO: THEMATIC STUDIES: STATISTICS, INTERNET, EITI AND ATI

pp.：  121 – 182

5. Statistics, Indicators and Access to Information in African Countries

pp.：  123 – 140

6. The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative and Corruption in Nigeria: Rethinking the Links between Transparency and Accountability

pp.：  141 – 162

7. Towards Realizing the Right of Access to Internet-Based Information in Africa

pp.：  163 – 182

PART THREE: ATI REGIONAL CONTEXT AND COUNTRY STUDIES

pp.：  183 – 300

8. An Actionable Constitutional Right of ATI: The Case of Southern Africa

pp.：  185 – 204

9. The Uganda Freedom of Information Campaign: Stuck in the Mud?

pp.：  205 – 228

10. Realizing the Right of Access to Information in Kenya: What Should Stakeholders Be on the Lookout for?

pp.：  229 – 258

11. The Right to Information in Burkina Faso: An Unfinished Quest

pp.：  259 – 274

12. Access to Information and Transparency: Opportunities and Challenges for Nigeria’s FOI Act 2011

pp.：  275 – 300

List of Contributors

pp.：  301 – 304

Index

pp.：  305 – 310

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