Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Subject "Politics"
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“A Civil-Military Alliance”: The Venezuelan Armed Forces before and during the Chávez era
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:4, Working paper, 2016-05-01)Executive summary When Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) came to power in Venezuela in 1998, the military was bestowed with a new — and controversial — role in society. Being a former career military himself, a central tenant of ... -
Angola 2003/2004. Waiting for elections
(CMI Reports, Research report, 2004)The present report is the fifth in a series of annual studies carried out by the Chr. Michelsen Institute on socio-economic and political trends in Angola, at the request of the Norwegian development cooperation authorities. ... -
Candidate selection and informal soft quotas for women: Insights from Zambia
(CMI Brief no. 2020:1, Report, 2020-02-01)What does it take for a female politician to win a party nomination? We still know little about women’s entry into politics in countries without formal gender quotas. Using data from Zambia, we argue that both in ... -
Civil Society in Angola: Inroads, Space and Accountability
(Research report, Research report, 2006)Civil society is inherently weak in Angola, and the political and societal space for civil society is limited. Angolan authorities have not fully accepted civil society’s voice, watchdog and control functions, and the legal ... -
Donor Support to Political Parties: Status and Principles
(Research report, Research report, 2007)Political parties are indispensable for the functioning of liberal democracies. However, the political parties of many transitional and developing countries are not functioning well. This fact has led to increasing donor ... -
Excluding women: the clanization of Somali political institutions
(CMI Brief no. 2020:9, Report, 2020-07-01)Hawa Jibril, a poetess and a long-time activist for Somali women’s rights, identified male elders as a barrier to women’s inclusion in the politics and governance of their society. In her 1962 poem, ‘the ... -
Governance and Fiscal Federalism in Sudan, 1989–2015: Exploring Political and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in an Unstable Polity
(Sudan Report SR 2017:1, Research report, 2017-03-01)This report analyses the implementation and impact of decentralisation in Sudan: To what extent has the efforts to implement decentralisation policies actually devolved power and fiscal resources to sub-national levels, ... -
Inner Frontiers: Santal Responses to Acculturation
(Report, Research report, 1991)The Santals who constitute one of the largest communities in India belong to the Austro- Asiatic linguistic group. They have managed to keep their language and their traditional system of values as well. Nevertheless, their ... -
Kingship in Uganda. The Role of the Uganda Kingdom in Ugandan Politics
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)This article aims at providing a framework to understand the role of the Buganda kingdom in contemporary Ugandan politics, and more specifically how the Buganda question has influenced political debates in Uganda since its ... -
Neglect, Control and Co-optation: Major features of Ethiopian Youth Policy Since 1991
(CMI Working Paper WP 2021:3, Working paper, 2021-07-01)Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous state, has a young population with more than 70 percent of its inhabitants below the age of 35. Ethiopian regimes have a history of youth neglect and repression, and more ... -
Parliamentary-Executive Relations in Malawi 1994-2004
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)This article addresses the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government in Malawi during the multi-party era from 1994 until 2004. The argument is threefold. First, the presidential nature of ... -
Political Islam in the Middle East
(Research report, Research report, 2003)This report provides an overview of the political Islam in the Middle East, with a special emphasis on the Islamic resurgence in the Levant (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). Following an introduction ... -
Prospects for peace in a petro-state: Gas extraction and participation in violence in Tanzania
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 10, Report, 2017-12-01)Significant petroleum discoveries in Tanzania have shaped the country’s political discourse in recent years, with politicians promising to turn this newfound resource wealth into rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. ... -
Social Funds in Angola. Channels, Amounts and Impact
(CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)Private companies are spending significant resources on social projects in Angola, for the benefit of poor, for general development purposes and for positioning purposes. This study gives a background to and overview of ... -
The Cost of Doing Politics in Ghana: What does violence against politicians look like?
(CMI Brief no. 2024:01, Report, 2024-03-01)Ghana is characterized by highly partisan politics with the prospects for electoral violence exacerbated by a winner takes all electoral system. Candidates for political office routinely experience some form of political ... -
The Gatekeepers: Political Participation of Women in Malawi
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 12, Report, 2016-08-01)All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of the chairpersons and secretaries of the political parties in Malawi, and their role as ... -
The institutionalisation of the Tanzanian opposition parties: How stable are they?
(Research report, Research report, 2000)In 1992, legislation formally ended the nearly 30 year domination of the one-party state in Tanzania, part of a democratisation wave that appeared to sweep through Africa in the late 80s and early 90s. In Tanzania by 1993, ... -
The Parliament of Bangladesh: Representation and Accountability
(CPD-CMI Working Paper series CPD-CMI WP 2012:2, Research report, 2012-04-10)The constitution of Bangladesh bestows the parliament with supreme powers in making laws and approving budgets. It is given wide-ranging authority to scrutinise the actions of the executive who remains accountable to the ... -
The Pluralist Paradox. The Decline of Economic Interest Groups in Zambia in the 1990s
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)The dilemma facing new democracies attempting to implement political and economic reform simultaneously is that democratisation may undermine economic reform by encouraging political participation and empowering interest ... -
Women in Local Government. A Potential Arena for Women’s Substantive Representation
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 13, Report, 2016-08-01)Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. Advocates of decentralisation argue that it opens up avenues for women to ...