Alexander Hamilton co-edits a book on African Parliamentary Reform

Doctoral Candidate Alexander Hamilton has co-edited a book entitled African Parliamentary Reform that has just been published by Routledge.

Some of the most far-reaching and innovative parliamentary reform is occurring in Africa. While these reforms are not yet widespread across the continent, parliaments in some African countries are asserting their independence as policymakers, as overseers of government and as the guardian of citizens rights and needs.

This book presents recent reforms in selected African parliaments Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Benin, Zambia, Ethiopia, Liberia and Nigeria. It also presents cross-cutting innovations by African parliaments in fighting corruption, in providing development to constituents and in combatting climate change. Many of the chapters are authored by African MPs themselves, making this a book by MPs for MPs, as well as being of interest to students and scholars of African Politics, and to those international institutions that support parliamentary development.

Further information on the book can be found here.

Alexander Hamilton is a Doctoral Candidate in Political Economy, and is also a consultant at the World Bank Institute.