Leadership in independent Africa, six decades on: the blended representation principle as a cause for Afro-optimism
"Africa needs fresh thinking on its leadership and governance challenges, particularly when it comes to the disconnects between traditional leadership models and governance structures within the modern state. In Ghana, former Finance Minister Kwabena Duffor has even issued an explicit call to m...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Africa needs fresh thinking on its leadership and governance challenges, particularly when it comes to the disconnects between traditional leadership models and governance structures within the modern state. In Ghana, former Finance Minister Kwabena Duffor has even issued an explicit call to major political parties to encourage "the empowerment of chiefs and traditional rulers [...] as partners in development." Yet to date there has been very little academic literature on what exactly this means or what it would or could look like. In Leadership in Independent Africa, Kofi Anani lays the necessary groundwork for workable ways forward. He does so through an in-depth exploration of the many meanings and practical implications of the Blended Representation Principle (BRP), which stipulates that power be shared between leaders selected on the basis of Western-democratic ideals and leaders chosen on the basis of traditional African norms and conventions. Drawing on a diverse array of academic research as well as copious professional experience, Anani shows how incorporating this principle into African leadership and governance thinking can encourage more voluntary public participation in politics, guarantee transparency and accountability in decision-making, particularly when it comes to the use of public resources, and ultimately encourage more public confidence in leaders. He also provides concrete suggestions for how to achieve all this, not through quick fixes, but rather through creating dedicated educational campaigns directed at public officials and through establishing communities of learning and practice to champion the BRP in villages, schools, places of worship, public work places, and social organizations. For its robust attention to an otherwise neglected principle in the scholarship, as well as for its passionate case for the hope the BRP offers to ailing governance models in Africa, this book is a must-read for all scholars and students of postcolonial governance and leadership, and it is of keen interest to anyone concerned with how Western-style state-making might ultimately find a balance with other, indigenous modes of social organization"-- |
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CONTENTS Table Preface Foreword Acknowledgments xii xiii xvi xxi Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW Key Message Distinguishing Characteristics of Tran-Serve Leadership The Salient Features of the Blended Representation Principle Background Development Landscape Journey on Solutions Pathway Representation and Participation in Governance: The Case of Ghana Institutional Dividends with Operationalization of BRP Better Governance Outcomes Appreciable Sector Living Standards Game-Changing Services Provisions Organization of the Book 1 1 1 2 6 7 8 11 12 12 14 15 Chapter 2 ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK Introduction Planting the Seeds of a BRP Construct Restrained Capacity for Collective Actions Access to Resources for Inclusive Growth Institutional Resilience and Empowerment The Centrality of Participation in Governance Shared Prosperity Service Provisions Modalities Key Values of Caring Governance Anomaly in Governance Arrangements Flawed Design and Operations Bias of the Administrative State Conclusion 23 23 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 32 33
viii Contents Chapter 3 EXISTENTIAL REALITIES Introduction Straddling between Two Worlds Navigating Life in Both Worlds Schooling to Embrace One Worldview and Shun the Other Laboring for Transformation The Odds Are Stacked against Millions Predatory Aligned Interests Pretensions at the Intersections of the Two Worlds Conclusion 35 35 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 45 Chapter 4 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CONUNDRUM Introduction Grounded Leadership System Synchronous Rulership Transparency in Public Financial Management (PFM) Accountability for Policy Outcomes Participation in the Practice of Electoral Politics Unequal Distribution of Rulership Dividends Conclusion 47 47 47 49 50 52 53 54 57 Chapter 5 TOO BLESSED TO BE CHASING THE WIND Introduction The Critical Drivers of Success Visions and Values of the Path to Greatness Practice of Faith Communal Bonding and Institutional Synchronization Imbalanced National and Local Leadership Interests Curtailed Grassroots Participation and Involvement Breeding and Instigating Representative Leadership Underperformance Minimal Professional Rectitude in the Public Work Space Nation Life Choices and Alternatives Food Policy Strategy from Seed to Plate Appropriation and Application of Medicinal Properties Adaptation and Utilization of Technology Spiritual Materialism and Instant Gratification Conclusion 59 59 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 68 70 70 71 72 76 78
Contents ix Chapter 6 THE CONCEPT OF BRP Introduction Conceptual Roots of Anecdotal Experiences Review and Reflections on Local Governance in Ghana Consensus and Contestations on the Mandated Leadership Arrangement Undermining Features of the Prevailing Local Governance Arrangements Misdiagnosis of Local Governance (LG) Subpar Performance Problematic Utterances on the Frontline Involvement of the Institution of Chieftaincy in LG Need to Eliminate Parallel Leadership Syndrome Indigenous Leadership for either Transformative or Regressive Politics Conscientious Patriotism Transformative Development Requires Proactive Involvement of Indigenous Leadership Salient Elements of BRP in Practice in the Case of Ghana Implications of Adopting BRP Structure, Composition, and Functioning of District Assemblies Reforms, Adaptation, and Strengthening of the Institution of Chieftaincy Customized Institutional Reforms across the Continent Conclusion: A Long-Range Lens on Solutions Pathway 79 79 79 82 83 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 88 88 88 89 90 Chapter 7 THE IDEALS OF TRAN-SERVE LEADERSHIP 91 Introduction 91 Summary reactions of target Stakeholder Groups 91 Continuation of Organized Chaos as the Alternate Pathway 94 Some Immediate Possible Outcomes 97 Transformational and Servant (Tran-Serve) Leadership for Steering Affairs 99 Distinct Profile of Tran-Serve Leadership as the Driver of BRP 102 Conclusion 104 Chapter 8 OPERATIONALIZING BRP Introduction 107 107
Contents X Mission, Vision of Service, and Traits of African Personhood Essence of Mission to Build Blended Institutions Vision of Blended Institutions Service Provisions Virtues Underlying the Notion of African Personhood Groundbreaking Readiness Actions National Command Papers Tailored Constitutional Amendments and Enactments A Plan of Public Education, Outreach, and Sensitization Orienting and Adapting the Institution of Chieftaincy Other Pathway Measures Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Targets Likely Risks and Mitigation Measures Conclusion 108 108 110 111 112 112 113 114 114 115 115 116 123 Chapter 9 CONTINENTAL DIMENSIONS OF BRP: THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP UNION (ATLU) 125 Introduction The Rationale of ATLU and Synergy with BRP Strategic Opportunity for Enhancing the Ideals of BRP Continentally Center of Excellence on Tran-Serve Leadership Key Benefits for the Rollout of BRP Supranational Structure for Boosting BRP The Embodiment of Collective Caring Fostering Altruistic Behavior at the Continental Level Energizing Grassroots Enthusiasm ATLU as a Harbinger of Renewed Leap of Faith in Collective Possibilities The Glitters of Light in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Conclusion 125 125 127 127 128 130 130 131 133 133 134 135 Chapter 10 WISDOM ON THE PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA Introduction 1. Hopefulness because of the Undaunting Challenges 2. No Saving Grace in the Status Quo 3. Effective Participation in Democracy Reflects the Image and Realities of Society 4. Real Transparency Inspires Trustworthiness 137 137 137 139 140 142
Contents xi 5. Accountability is a Mirror of Belongingness 145 6. The Youth bulge is an Opportune Moment for Creativity and Innovations 149 7. Food and Nutrition are Not Outsourced Products of Benevolence 152 Key Elements of the Seed-to-Plate (StP) Agriculture 153 8. Attributes of High-Value Education are the Bedrock of Transformation 155 9. Progress is not Clinging to Dogmatic Ways of Doing Things 158 Conclusion 161 EPILOGUE: AN ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS PATHWAY 163 Introduction 163 Practical Lesson One: Anchoring the Gains of Democracy Practice in Africa 164 Practical Lesson Two: State Structures of Governance Restricts Participation in Development 164 Practical Lesson Three: Foundation of Responsive Designs of Statehood Is Traditional Leadership 165 Practical Lesson Four: Multiparty Politics Is Not the Glue That Binds Africa Together 167 Practical Lesson Five: Empty Political Promise Destructs the Spirit and Soul of Society 168 Practical Lesson Six: Volunteerism Is the Supreme Sustainer of Compliance 169 Practical Lesson Seven: Acts of Impunity would be Rare Under BRP-inspired Regime 170 Practical Lesson Eight: A Childs Soil on the Lap is never Cleaned with a Knife 171 A Revolution of the Mind 171 Notes Bibliography Index 173 197 216 |
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CONTENTS Table Preface Foreword Acknowledgments xii xiii xvi xxi Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW Key Message Distinguishing Characteristics of Tran-Serve Leadership The Salient Features of the Blended Representation Principle Background Development Landscape Journey on Solutions Pathway Representation and Participation in Governance: The Case of Ghana Institutional Dividends with Operationalization of BRP Better Governance Outcomes Appreciable Sector Living Standards Game-Changing Services Provisions Organization of the Book 1 1 1 2 6 7 8 11 12 12 14 15 Chapter 2 ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK Introduction Planting the Seeds of a BRP Construct Restrained Capacity for Collective Actions Access to Resources for Inclusive Growth Institutional Resilience and Empowerment The Centrality of Participation in Governance Shared Prosperity Service Provisions Modalities Key Values of Caring Governance Anomaly in Governance Arrangements Flawed Design and Operations Bias of the Administrative State Conclusion 23 23 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 29 32 33
viii Contents Chapter 3 EXISTENTIAL REALITIES Introduction Straddling between Two Worlds Navigating Life in Both Worlds Schooling to Embrace One Worldview and Shun the Other Laboring for Transformation The Odds Are Stacked against Millions Predatory Aligned Interests Pretensions at the Intersections of the Two Worlds Conclusion 35 35 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 45 Chapter 4 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CONUNDRUM Introduction Grounded Leadership System Synchronous Rulership Transparency in Public Financial Management (PFM) Accountability for Policy Outcomes Participation in the Practice of Electoral Politics Unequal Distribution of Rulership Dividends Conclusion 47 47 47 49 50 52 53 54 57 Chapter 5 TOO BLESSED TO BE CHASING THE WIND Introduction The Critical Drivers of Success Visions and Values of the Path to Greatness Practice of Faith Communal Bonding and Institutional Synchronization Imbalanced National and Local Leadership Interests Curtailed Grassroots Participation and Involvement Breeding and Instigating Representative Leadership Underperformance Minimal Professional Rectitude in the Public Work Space Nation Life Choices and Alternatives Food Policy Strategy from Seed to Plate Appropriation and Application of Medicinal Properties Adaptation and Utilization of Technology Spiritual Materialism and Instant Gratification Conclusion 59 59 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 68 70 70 71 72 76 78
Contents ix Chapter 6 THE CONCEPT OF BRP Introduction Conceptual Roots of Anecdotal Experiences Review and Reflections on Local Governance in Ghana Consensus and Contestations on the Mandated Leadership Arrangement Undermining Features of the Prevailing Local Governance Arrangements Misdiagnosis of Local Governance (LG) Subpar Performance Problematic Utterances on the Frontline Involvement of the Institution of Chieftaincy in LG Need to Eliminate Parallel Leadership Syndrome Indigenous Leadership for either Transformative or Regressive Politics Conscientious Patriotism Transformative Development Requires Proactive Involvement of Indigenous Leadership Salient Elements of BRP in Practice in the Case of Ghana Implications of Adopting BRP Structure, Composition, and Functioning of District Assemblies Reforms, Adaptation, and Strengthening of the Institution of Chieftaincy Customized Institutional Reforms across the Continent Conclusion: A Long-Range Lens on Solutions Pathway 79 79 79 82 83 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 88 88 88 89 90 Chapter 7 THE IDEALS OF TRAN-SERVE LEADERSHIP 91 Introduction 91 Summary reactions of target Stakeholder Groups 91 Continuation of Organized Chaos as the Alternate Pathway 94 Some Immediate Possible Outcomes 97 Transformational and Servant (Tran-Serve) Leadership for Steering Affairs 99 Distinct Profile of Tran-Serve Leadership as the Driver of BRP 102 Conclusion 104 Chapter 8 OPERATIONALIZING BRP Introduction 107 107
Contents X Mission, Vision of Service, and Traits of African Personhood Essence of Mission to Build Blended Institutions Vision of Blended Institutions Service Provisions Virtues Underlying the Notion of African Personhood Groundbreaking Readiness Actions National Command Papers Tailored Constitutional Amendments and Enactments A Plan of Public Education, Outreach, and Sensitization Orienting and Adapting the Institution of Chieftaincy Other Pathway Measures Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Targets Likely Risks and Mitigation Measures Conclusion 108 108 110 111 112 112 113 114 114 115 115 116 123 Chapter 9 CONTINENTAL DIMENSIONS OF BRP: THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP UNION (ATLU) 125 Introduction The Rationale of ATLU and Synergy with BRP Strategic Opportunity for Enhancing the Ideals of BRP Continentally Center of Excellence on Tran-Serve Leadership Key Benefits for the Rollout of BRP Supranational Structure for Boosting BRP The Embodiment of Collective Caring Fostering Altruistic Behavior at the Continental Level Energizing Grassroots Enthusiasm ATLU as a Harbinger of Renewed Leap of Faith in Collective Possibilities The Glitters of Light in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Conclusion 125 125 127 127 128 130 130 131 133 133 134 135 Chapter 10 WISDOM ON THE PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA Introduction 1. Hopefulness because of the Undaunting Challenges 2. No Saving Grace in the Status Quo 3. Effective Participation in Democracy Reflects the Image and Realities of Society 4. Real Transparency Inspires Trustworthiness 137 137 137 139 140 142
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| spelling | Anani, Kofi Vincent Verfasser aut Leadership in independent Africa, six decades on the blended representation principle as a cause for Afro-optimism Kofi Vincent Anani London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Zed [2024] xx, 226 Seiten 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Africa needs fresh thinking on its leadership and governance challenges, particularly when it comes to the disconnects between traditional leadership models and governance structures within the modern state. In Ghana, former Finance Minister Kwabena Duffor has even issued an explicit call to major political parties to encourage "the empowerment of chiefs and traditional rulers [...] as partners in development." Yet to date there has been very little academic literature on what exactly this means or what it would or could look like. In Leadership in Independent Africa, Kofi Anani lays the necessary groundwork for workable ways forward. He does so through an in-depth exploration of the many meanings and practical implications of the Blended Representation Principle (BRP), which stipulates that power be shared between leaders selected on the basis of Western-democratic ideals and leaders chosen on the basis of traditional African norms and conventions. Drawing on a diverse array of academic research as well as copious professional experience, Anani shows how incorporating this principle into African leadership and governance thinking can encourage more voluntary public participation in politics, guarantee transparency and accountability in decision-making, particularly when it comes to the use of public resources, and ultimately encourage more public confidence in leaders. He also provides concrete suggestions for how to achieve all this, not through quick fixes, but rather through creating dedicated educational campaigns directed at public officials and through establishing communities of learning and practice to champion the BRP in villages, schools, places of worship, public work places, and social organizations. For its robust attention to an otherwise neglected principle in the scholarship, as well as for its passionate case for the hope the BRP offers to ailing governance models in Africa, this book is a must-read for all scholars and students of postcolonial governance and leadership, and it is of keen interest to anyone concerned with how Western-style state-making might ultimately find a balance with other, indigenous modes of social organization"-- Unabhängigkeit (DE-588)4186820-1 gnd rswk-swf Politischer Wandel (DE-588)4175047-0 gnd rswk-swf Politische Führung (DE-588)4115584-1 gnd rswk-swf Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 gnd rswk-swf Central-local government relations / Africa Africa / Politics and government / 1960- Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales / Afrique Afrique / Politique et gouvernement / 1960- Central-local government relations Politics and government Africa Since 1960 Afrika (DE-588)4000695-5 g Unabhängigkeit (DE-588)4186820-1 s Politischer Wandel (DE-588)4175047-0 s Politische Führung (DE-588)4115584-1 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF 978-1-3503-7969-5 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-3503-7968-8 Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034934295&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | Leadership in independent Africa, six decades on the blended representation principle as a cause for Afro-optimism |
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| title_full | Leadership in independent Africa, six decades on the blended representation principle as a cause for Afro-optimism Kofi Vincent Anani |
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| title_short | Leadership in independent Africa, six decades on |
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