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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"democracy in Africa"”.
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Traditional Governance Influence on Democracy in Africa
<p>The spread of democracy in the global community has been rampant since the end of World War II. On the continent of Africa, as a collective of countries are recent newcomers as sovereign states to this governmental practice. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the political development of …
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Social Media and Democracy in Africa: A Case Study of the Zimbabwe 2018 Harmonised Elections
… system that facilitates and encourages sincere and careful listening among its citizens will produce more democratic decisions. Yet, good listening is being almost completely ignored in that form of political conversation we know as democracy. As such, this thesis argues that due to an …
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Strengthening democracy in Africa with the Internet : a comparative study of South Africa, Kenya and Zambia
For the first time since democracy in the classical Greek sense became practically impossible, the Internet's networking facilities are creating opportunities again for all citizens to be active, engaging participants in democracy. Open communication channels to government and fellow citizens can …
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The African Charter on democracy, elections and governance: A normative framework for analysing electoral democracy in Africa
This paper gave an insight into the novelties as well 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 …
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Of all people, by all people, for all people? Perceptions of economic inequality and democracy in Africa
In this thesis I explore whether perceptions of individual economic inequality are linked to the legitimacy of democracy in Africa. Past research has suggested that high levels of economic inequality may affect the legitimacy of democracy, by reducing support for democracy and discouraging …
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Online diasporic political spheres: inside the emerging spaces for Zimbabweans
The study investigates how online media are contributing to democracy in Africa. It is interested in the growing online media spaces and their democratic promise. The case study is on diasporic media by citizens from troubled Zimbabwe, whose mass media environment remained a subject of much debate. …
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Decolonising Public Relations in Africa: Centring Local Epistemes in Ghanaian Political Communication
At independence, African countries were faced with the task of decolonising. Countries were renamed as part of a broader Africanisation agenda. A quest for decoloniality and Africanity was manifest in many ways. However, efforts to decolonise media and communication studies have so far been “media …
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RIGHTS OR RICE? THE POLITICS OF POVERTY IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF AFRICA'S DEMOCRACY
In the years preceding the Third Wave of democracy, the prevailing belief was that democracy in Africa will not flourish unless it delivers the crucial economic goods its citizens live and die for. In an area of the world where poverty is highlighted, the individual pursuit of improved living …
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A Preventive Approach to Post-Election Conflicts in Contemporary Africa
<p>In this dissertation the author hypothesizes that (H1): In Africa, countries that use majoritarian electoral systems are more likely to experience post-election conflicts than are countries that use proportional electoral systems, (H2): In Africa, countries that use majoritarian electoral …
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The United States of America's foreign policy towards Africa: the case studies of Kenya and Nigeria, 1990-2008
The researcher acknowledges that Africa occupies a special position in the National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America (US). Since Africa has been plagued by poverty, HIV/AIDS, authoritarianism, civil wars and other related ills, it seems to constitute a national security …
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Aluta Continua: Social Movements and the Making of Ghana's Fourth Republic, 1978 - 1993
After the Cold War and fall of Communism in the East bloc, a dramatic transformation took place in world geopolitics known as the third wave of democratization. From the 1970s to the 1990s, third wave democracies became a foil to military dictatorships and Marxist-style juntas throughout the Third …
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Resource Control and Political Development in Africa: The Cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Botswana
… wealth have often had the hardest time achieving political and economic stability. Is there a direct correlation between the way in which natural resources are controlled within a country and its democratic process? How do other factors come into play, such as MNC involvement or the level of …