Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by B. Osei-Hwedie and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by John Mw Makumbe and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Zimbabwe possesses one of the most impressive and well-organised legislatures in the Southern African region. On the surface, it would appear that the in the Southern African region. On the surface, it would appear that the multifaceted functions in the interest of the citizens of that country. Serious investigation of the workings of this august institution, however, reveals that it is little more than a rubber stamp of whatever the executive and ruling political party wish to do. Indeed, to the executive, parliament is more of a necessary nuisance than an essential partner in the governance of Zimbabwe."--Executive summary (p. 1).
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by L. Amedee Darga and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since independence in 1966 and the establishment of a parliamentary system based on universal adult suffrage in 1968, Mauritius has proved to be a sustainable multiparty democracy by the alternation of parties in government. Although there is full capacity to exercise civil and political rights, and a high degree of independence to organize, there is serious weakness in the state of organized civil society."--Summary (p. 1).
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by Joao C. G. Pereira and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this study is to find answers to a number of questions regarding parliament in Mozambique: its roles, functions and importance to the country's democracy. It looks at the parliamentary structures and channels for disseminating information; how civil society engages with parliament; and the role of opposition parties. Finally, it draws up conclusions and recommendations that could help a democracy to be sustainable.
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by Joshua Bheki Mzizi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the current political climate of Swaziland, it has been challenging to undertake a study of this magnitude and there have been a number of drawbacks. In some cases, a number of interviewees were suspicious and did not trust that the information would solely be used for academic purposes. Some feared that its use could land them in some kind of trouble with the state. Also, the Swazi society is highly polarised in terms of political ideology. The society is divided between traditionalists (who do not see any need for change), progressives (who want change at all cost) and moderates (who are afraid of change).
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by C. K. Kabemba and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study attempts to understand the nature and functioning of parliamentary democracy during the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) political transition. The current parliament brings together parties in dispute and should therefore be considered as a mechanism for conflict resolution. With serious violent conflicts still happening in the east of the country, parliament is serving both to prevent a return to fully-fledged war and to helpend the conflict."--Executive summary (p. 1).
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by Francis K. Makoa and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parliamentary democrarcy in Lesotho has historically suffered setbacks. The first post-independence democratic experiment lasted for only five years since 1965 to 1970, when it was abandoned following Jonathan's electoral defeat and refusal to relinquish power to the winner, the late. Ntsu Mokhhle and leader of the opposition Basutoland Congress Party (BCP), subsequently suspending the constitution for 15 years. Reinstated in 1993 under the BCP government, parliament once again faced serious challenges.
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by Bertha Osei-Hwedie and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by Daudi R. Mukangara and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report argues that parliament's engagement with civil society in Tanzania will be hampered if parliament continues to be subordinate or subservient to the executive. Both presidential and parliamentary systems have the potential to emasculate legislatures. This potential is increased in modern times by the near monopoly of information that all executive branches tend to hold. Since 1984 the Tanzanian political system has been struggling with limiting the power of the executive, which was inherited from the hybrid nature of the semi-presidential and semi-parliamentary form of executive adopted since 1962. Today, parliament performs routine scrutiny of the government but appears helpless, for example, in challenging the inadequate disclosure of international financial commitments and in opening up standing committee deliberations to the public.
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by Bizeck Jube Phiri and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study interrogates the pattempts a brief analysis of the historical background, and then relates historical background to the current debate regarding the Zambian parliament and its role in the democratisation process. The role of political parties in Zambia's parliamentary democracy, as elsewhere, is important and forms the very basis of parliamentary democracy: without strong and stable political parties there can be no parliamentary democracy to speak of. Furthermore, this study looks at the parliamentary reform initiatives institutes since the early 1990s following the reintroduction of multiparty politics. This is in view of growing public scrutiny of the institution of parliament, which is perceived as an engine of development."--Summary (p. 1).
Download or read book Parliaments of the South written by South African Institute of International Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in Southern African written by Daniel Ntoni-Nzinga and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strengthening Parliamentary Democracy in SADC Countries written by L. Amedee Darga and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Since independence in 1966 and the establishment of a parliamentary system based on universal adult suffrage in 1968, Mauritius has proved to be a sustainable multiparty democracy by the alternation of parties in government. Although there is full capacity to exercise civil and political rights, and a high degree of independence to organize, there is serious weakness in the state of organized civil society."--Summary (p. 1).
Download or read book Parliament and Democracy in the Twenty first Century written by David Beetham and published by Inter-Parliamentary Union. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Security and Democracy in Southern Africa written by Gavin Cawthra and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern Africa has embarked on one of the world's most ambitious security co-operation initiatives, seeking to roll out the principles of the United Nations at regional levels. This book examines the triangular relationship between democratisation, the character of democracy and its deficits, and national security practices and perceptions of eleven southern African states. It explores what impact these processes and practices have had on the collaborative security project in the region. Based on national studies conducted by African academics and security practitioners over three years, it includes an examination of the way security is conceived and managed, as well as a comparative analysis of regional security co-operation in the developing world.
Download or read book Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa written by Charles M. Fombad and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays assesses the efforts of African governments to constitutionalise decentralisation, be it in the form of federalism, local government or traditional authorities. Since the end of the Cold War jurisdictions across Africa have witnessed an ostensible return to multi-party democracy within the paradigm of constitutionalism and the rule of law. Linked to the democratisation process, many countries took steps to decentralize power by departing from the heavily centralized systems inherited from colonial regimes. The centralization of power, typically characterized by the personalization and concentration of power in the hands of leaders and privileged elites in capital cities, mostly resulted in repressive regimes and fragile states. As decentralisation is a response to these challenges, this volume analyses the dynamic relationship between the efforts to implement decentralization and presence or absence of constitutionalism. This volume examines a variety of forms and degrees of decentralization found across Africa. It advances a new understanding of trends and patterns and facilitates the exchange of ideas among African governments and scholars about the critical role that decentralisation may play in democratization of and constitutionalism in Africa.
Download or read book Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa written by Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together scholars from a wide array of disciplines - including anthropology, economics, history, sociology, and political science - this volume addresses the problems of the regime change and state failure in Africa in the context of the global economy, but from a specifically African perspective, arguing that the underdevelopment of the African economy is linked to the underdevelopment of the continents' nation states.
