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    • PRSP in Tanzania: Do Mkukuta and the CCm Election Manifesto Pull in the same Direction? 

      Selbervik, Hilde (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), or what is more commonly referred to by the Kiswahili acronym Mkukuta, has been in effect since July 2005. It is a key document setting out a broad framework ...

    • Setting a Standard for Africa? Lessons from the 1991 Zambian Elections 

      Andreassen, Bård-Anders; Geisler, Gisela; Tostensen, Arne (Research report, Research report, 1992)
      This report provides an assessment of the transition to a multi-party system of government in Zambia. The first section gives a general background to processes of democratisation in Africa, while the subsequent ones deal ...

    • The Impact of elections: The case of Uganda 

      Helle, Svein-Erik; Rakner, Lise (Crisis in Autocratic Regimes, Chapter, 2017-01-01)
      The comparative democratization literature is divided on the effects of multiparty elections in non - democratic regimes. Early analyses assumed that elections would lead to democracy, yet more recent studies highlight ...

    • The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi 

      Gloppen, Siri; Kanyongolo, Edge; Khembo, Nixon; Patel, Nadini; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars; Tostensen, Arne; Bakken, Mette (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      This report summarises the findings of a joint research project undertaken by the Centre for Social Research, Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Universities of Malawi and Bergen. Ensuring that elected political leaders play ...

    • The interplay between poverty and electoral authoritarianism: Poverty and political mobilization in Zambia and Uganda 

      Helle, Svein-Erik; Rakner, Lise (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:3, Working paper, 2012-02-28)
      In this paper we wish to analyze the interplay between the political setting of electoral authoritarianism and economic grievances expressed in particular by an urban poor electorate in Africa. We show that the outcomes ...

    • The Role of the Judiciary in the 2004 General Elections in Malawi 

      Gloppen, Siri; Kanyongolo, Edge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)
      The courts in Malawi have played a prominent role in political life since the democratic transition in 1993, which came about after three decades of repressive authoritatian rule. Whilst the quality of electoral politics ...

    • Towards Multiparty System in Uganda: The Effect on Female Representation in Politics 

      Hanssen, Kari Nordstoga (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      Scholars, politicians and women activists today share a concern for the limited representation of women in different political bodies. Statistics comparing female representation in sub-Saharan African legislatures suggest ...

    • Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Re-introduction of a Multiparty System in Uganda 

      Makara, Sabiti; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2007)
      This article addresses the process behind the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) decision to open for a reintroduction of multiparty politics. Why would a political movement that had been in power for two decades expose ...

    • Uganda's 2006 Presidental and Parliamentary Elections 

      Gloppen, S.; Atoo, C.; Kasimbazi, E.; Kibandama, A.; Kiiza, J.; Makara, S.; Okiror, G.; Rakner, L.; Rwengabo, S.; Svåsand, L.; Tabaro, R.; Tostensen, A. (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      This report analyses the 2006 Ugandan presidential and parliamentary election in terms of the broader process starting with the processes of setting the rule for political contestation, through the registration of voters ...

    • Uncertainty as a Strategy: Electoral Processes in Zambia 1991-2001 

      Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)
      Zambia has held three multiparty elections since its restoration of democracy in 1991. This peaceful transition raised expectations of a smooth process towards democratic consolidation. But similar to experiences from other ...