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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"ruling party"”.
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Impact of ruling party dominance in the executive and legislature on the human rights and the rule of law : a review of the African presidential - parliamentary systems of government
… mandate. This having been achieved by political party dominance and consequent control of the executive branch by party dynamics, the governmental system has been reduced to a political forum through which the aspirations of these power-hungry African political parties prevail at the expense of …
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NEGOTIATING CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE: POSTCOLONIAL TRANSITIONS AND ENDURANCE
… both newspapers and interviews showed that the ruling party resorted to using populist discourse on land in order to regain lost political support. National and political identities were collapsed to suit the interests of the ruling party. On the other hand, the opposition emphasized human …
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Beyond party politics : to what extent, if any, are there unexpected democracy deepening consequences of one-party dominance in South Africa?
… for democracy in South Africa. Conventional party politics cannot at present provide the mechanism to check tendencies towards authoritarian domination: loyalty to the ruling party, lack of credible opposition parties and the electoral system itself are all factors contributing to the …
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Political Intrusion on Firms: Effects of Elections on Bank Lending in India
… located in regions aligned politically with the ruling party enjoy possible preferential access to financing from banks. We find average productivity efficiency loss of 2.77% in the short term as a result of politically motivated redistribution of scarce capital. These political effects are …
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The role of the media in fostering democracy in Zimbabwe
Since 2000, Zimbabwe's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) has methodically stifled democracy in the country by compromising the independence of the judiciary, the professionalism of the police; and intimidating the media. Over the last decade, the party has …
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Voice and accountability in one party dominant systems : a comparative case study of Mexico and South Africa
This thesis examines the impact of one party dominant systems on liberal democracy in developing countries. It is insufficient to argue that one party dominant systems – systems where one party dominates over a prolonged period - need not be further scrutinised because they occur within …
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Partisan identification in Africa : an exploratory study in Mozambique
… the study revealed that partisan support for the ruling party in Mozambique is driven by popular evaluations of the performance of the incumbent; secondly, partisan support for opposition parties is difficult to predict.
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Treading a tightrope: A rhetorical study of the tension between the executive and collective leadership of the African National Congress (ANC): From Nelson Mandela to Thabo Mbeki
… the reference to "collective leadership" and the party maintains that when it comes to decision-making, "collective leadership" is of paramount. It should also be borne in mind that the ANC is in alliance, known as the Tripartite Alliance (Alliance), with the South African Communist Party (SACP) …
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Bureaucratic intervention and the development of peasant agriculture : the case of ALDEP in Botswana
… (as against that of maintaining the ruling party and politicians in power), and the elimination of structural biases in resource allocation. Along with other important socio-political and economic factors, since the late 1970s a section of this bureaucracy has played a major role ln …
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The independence of the judiciary in a multi-Party state: Zambia as a case study(1990-2003)
… that despite the country reverting to multiparty political system, some members of the bench are partisan and are there to serve the interests of the ruling party.Conversely, the members of the ruling party have also complained that some judges are being used by the opposition political …
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Muslim Brothers or Overstaying Guests? The Reception of Syrian Refugees in Southeastern Turkey
… in Şanlıurfa, Turkey in 2015. The Islamist ruling party has staged a warm welcome for Syrian refugees. Their refugee regime, however, has remained weak in regards to law and policy. Retaining the geographical limitation stipulated in the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status …
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Contesting hegemony : civil society and the struggle for social change in Zimbabwe, 2000-2008
… and excludes organisations aligned to the ruling party, and therefore resulting in functionalist discussions that view civil society as necessarily anti-state. This thesis demonstrates however that a dense hegemonic civil society also exists and it is organically aligned to ZANU-PF in its …
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Children of the Mexican Miracle: Childhood and Modernity in Mexico City, 1940--1968
… of the Mexican state and, by extension, the ruling party."
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Media law reforms: The quest to transform the Zambia national broadcasting corporation-ZNBC-From state owned and controlled media to a public service broadcaster
… until the politicians, especially from the ruling party enact laws that will make the ZNBC truly independent.The enactment of laws to introduce television licenses for the financing of the national media or the appointment of a board of directors by an independent committee will not …
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Media law reforms: The quest to transform the Zambia national broadcasting corporation-ZNBC-From state owned and controlled media to a public service broadcaster
… until the politicians, especially from the ruling party enact laws that will make the ZNBC truly independent.The enactment of laws to introduce television licenses for the financing of the national media or the appointment of a board of directors by an independent committee will not …
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The impact of trade unions on public service reform in Nigeria and South Africa: a comparative study
… relationship between the trade unions and the ruling party in South Africa is markedly different than that of Nigeria. As the workplace environment has changed so to have the trade unions. Trade unions are now being criticised for failing to respond to the needs of the workers and the trade …
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#ZimbabweanLivesMatter vs #ThisFlag: A comparative discourse analysis of two social media movements in Zimbabwe
… violence and intimidation tactics by the ruling party, a trend which has only continued under President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's administration. Thus, a hesitancy to publicly protest has developed and continued, one that has only been exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Political Communication and the Media in Kurdistan
… Overall, the findings indicated that both the ruling party’s media and the opposition media, particularly the television channels, focus on using magnifying frames and localising frames in their coverage of the political issues with varying degrees. Each of them reflects the same reality …
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Ukusetshenziswa kolimi lwebele ekufundiseni izingane zonke izifundo, ukubuyiswa kobucikomlomo ezikoleni nomthelela wakho emphakathini nasezikhungweni zikahulumeni
… The impact of the Western languages due to the ruling party and how that can be balanced. The selection and codification of words in the written documents of the government has an impact of the indigenous people to lose their mother-tongue. Chapter four reveals the fact of richness of …
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Negotiating identity in multilingual parliamentary discourses in the Western Cape: a discourse analysis
… from an apartheid system of government, with one ruling party to a new democracy; a transition that is still currently in progress. With this transition came many new freedoms, such as the ability to choose and freely express one�s linguistic and cultural preferences, amongst many others. This …
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