The decentralization of government power in African nations is a common trend, but it also has unique characteristics that vary from country to country
The decentralization of government power in African nations is a common trend, but it also has unique characteristics that vary from country to country
Коданева Светлана Игоревна
Candidate of law Sciences, Leading researcher, Institute of scientific information on social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Since the 1980s, African countries have begun large-scale reforms to decentralize administrative and territorial management. This article examines the causes and circumstances that have led to this trend, as well as the characteristics of national models for decentralization and public power organization in individual countries on the continent
Keywords
public authority; administrative and territorial structure; decentralization; Africa; Uganda; Ghana; South Africa; Cameroon
