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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Democratic elections"”.
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The African Charter on democracy, elections and governance: A normative framework for analysing electoral democracy in Africa
… as the deficiencies of the provisions related to democratic elections and their implementation framework. It examined the potential effectiveness or otherwise of a binding treaty which is not yet enforced on the basis of past experience. In effect, it shed light on the possible measures that could …
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The Role of Regional Organisations in Upholding Credible and Legitimate Electoral Processes in Africa
… and its shared norms and values. Since elections are at the centre for democracy, development and human rights, RECs have a mandate to protect and promote them. Protection and promotion of democratic elections have become a priority among the RECs. RECs have adopted legal instruments to …
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The Group Areas Act and Port Elizabeth's heritage: a study of memorial recollection in the South End Museum
… democracy and the period after the first democratic elections of 27 April 1994.
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When Elections Become Crises: Crisis Management, Institutional Architecture, and Democratic Resilience in the United States and France
Democratic elections are increasingly contested sites for informational attacks, delegitimization, and legitimacy strain. Yet the frameworks most commonly applied to electoral vulnerability, electoral integrity and democratic backsliding, were not designed to examine the moment of acute …
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When Elections Become Crises: Crisis Management, Institutional Architecture, and Democratic Resilience in the United States and France
Democratic elections are increasingly contested sites for informational attacks, delegitimization, and legitimacy strain. Yet the frameworks most commonly applied to electoral vulnerability, electoral integrity and democratic backsliding, were not designed to examine the moment of acute …
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Language education and national identity : a comparative study of Flemish and Afrikaans L1-instruction materials since 2000
… New Right has been made 'visible' through democratic elections with sweeping victories for right-wing parties. Halfway around the world, South Africa was gradually moving out of the Apartheid-era. With a democratic win for the African National Congress in the 1994 national elections, this …
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Developments in Complex Systems Science with Applications to Political Systems and Pandemic Response
… regarding the use of face masks. Applications to democratic elections are also described. We define the concepts of negative representation and electoral instability, demonstrating that United States’ presidential elections underwent a transition from a stable to an unstable regime in the 1970s …
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Bin collection day and other stressful events
Elizabeth is six when the ANC wins the first democratic elections in South Africa. While most of the country celebrates freedom, the only difference she notices is the growing intensity of her fears. Fear remains a faithful companion to Elizabeth as she grows up. She fears the rubbish trucks in her …
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Exploring the lived experiences of those who attended gender-based violence prevention community theatre in Delft
… marks the 29th year since South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. Close to three decades into democracy, violence persists in our society at an unimaginable scale. This research study explores the lived experiences of those who attended a gender-based violence (GBV) prevention …
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Donors versus dictators : the impact of multilateral aid conditionality on democratization : Kenya and Malawi in comparative context
… regimes to legalize opposition parties and hold democratic elections. Through careful historical process-tracing, hypotheses drawn from both sides of the debate and from the academic literatures on democratization, aid and economic sanctions are assessed with respect to the attempts at …
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An examination of the role of the regional psychologists in the Western Cape Province
… restructuring of the health services following democratic elections in 1994 and resultant policy development have resulted in the development of regional and district health services working towards providing comprehensive mental health care within a primary health care model. In line with this, …
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Constructing the gap between past and present literacy practices in the South African Police Service
… South African Police (SAP), to after the 1994 democratic elections in South Africa had on police officers' professional discourses and their associated literacy practices were illuminated. The study suggests that institutional discourses after 1994 are conflicting with the professional …
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The Dissolution of Yugoslavia and the Emergence of the ‘Nationalist’ Croatian Democratic Union: A Discourse Analytic Reading
… nation that underlies the post-socialist democratic order came into being. It does so by examining the emergence of the Croatian Democratic Union’s nationalist discourse in the context of Yugoslavia's dissolution, revealing its historical specificity. The analysis covers the form of social …
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Reconciliation, peace and sustainable development: a case study of the African National Congress’ participatory democracy in Kwazulu Natal Province, 1994 -2009
… of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, after the 1994 democratic elections, contributed to reconciliation, peace, and development after the conflict? How has social and economic development within the democratic dispensation in the territory been addressed? And what national reconciliation policies …
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Participative management at secondary schools in the Uthungulu district
… institutions, such as schools after the 1994 democratic elections held in South Africa. The democratic values enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996 seemed to be critical in the management of schools, since they created the basis for staff participation …
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Developing quality of work life (QWL) determinants for skilled employees with congenital mobility disabilities : an exploratory appraoch [sic.]
… in transition from an oppressive past to a democratic dispensation. The democratic process began with the first democratic elections in 1994. Since then, a number of steps have been taken to democratize society and the workplace. ln terms of workplace democratization, certain measures have …
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Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid village
… 1993 and 1995, a period that spanned the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. The ethnography explores the effects of apartheid on life in Nieu Bethesda. It traces the dynamic interactions between social life and worldviews as these were manifested in the village. Geographically …
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ZAPU and the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, 1957-1980
… ZAPU's failure to win a majority in the first democratic elections and its subsequent 'disappearance' in 1987 have an impact on the manner in which ZAPU's participation in the liberation struggle is presented by some people. This study traces ZAPU's contribution to the struggle for independence …
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Kwaito's Legacy of Aestheticizing Freedom: Amapiano in Langa township and the World
… in a similar fashion shortly before the first democratic elections in South Africa. My introduction presents the kwaito literature as well as the relevant theories it raises and makes the argument for using these theories to address amapiano as a post-kwaito phenomenon. Chapter One investigates …
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Making sense of political activism : life narratives of political activists from the South African liberation movement
… that would guide the country towards its first democratic elections. ANC members in exile received indemnity so that they could return to the country and participate in the negotiations and four years later a new South Africa based on majority rule was won. Since these 1994 elections, South …
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