Browsing Bora-import by Subject "Democracy"
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A balanced view of development as freedom
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)Amartya Sen, in his most recent book Development as Freedom, argues that expansion of human freedom should both be viewed as the primary end and the principle means of development. This paper provides an overview and a ... -
A review of Ireland Aid's Human Rights and Democratisation Scheme
(Research report, Research report, 2002)In 1997, Ireland Aid (IA) established a Human Rights and Democratisation (HRD) scheme in order to assist projects outside IA’s programme countries. Its broad objective is to assist the development of democratic processes ... -
Botswana - 30 years of economic growth, democracy and aid: Is there a connection?
(Research report, Research report, 1996)This report has been commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an input to a proposed study on the impact of aid on Botswana. The report is based on a review of literature focusing on the development of ... -
Democracy and Violence: The Colombian Paradox
(Research report, Research report, 1997)This study argues that the Colombian paradox between formal democracy and endemic political violence is a direct result of the narrow polity established by elite pacts. Through an analysis of the Colombian situation and ... -
Development Planning and the Importance of Democratic Institutions in Botswana
(Research report, Research report, 1993)This study takes an extended look at Botswana, a country which is found to depart from the common pattern of African states and therefore may be considered as something of a special case. By using a state-centred approach, ... -
Do Interest Groups Matter in Economic Policy-Making? Reflections from a Zambian case study
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)The current debate within development research strongly emphasise the role of interest groups in developing and sustaining democratic and liberal economic reforms. With this debate as its point of departure, the paper ... -
Does Parliament Matter in New Democracies? The Case of South Africa 1994-2000
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)The role of parliaments is a neglected topic in the study of the democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa. This working paper provides a case study of the South African parliament from the first democratic elections in 1994 ... -
Eneweyay (Let's Discuss). Report from a training programme for democracy in rural Ethiopia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)Report of a project to teach principles of democracy in a "down-to-earth" way, through discussions with rural and urban people in Ethiopia. The "Ecumenical Training Initiative for Democracy" developed before the elections ... -
Exploring new political alternatives for the Oromo in Ethiopia. Report from Oromo workshop and its after-effects
(Research report, Research report, 2009)This report is intended to stimulate a debate on political alternatives for the Oromo, an ethnic and social group in Ethiopia. It makes documents from an Oromo conference in Bergen at CMI available for the discourse among ... -
Funding political parties in emerging African democracies: What role for Norway?
(Research report, Research report, 2002)This report addresses the problem of foreign funding of political parties in newly democratised African states. The report identifies some problems associated with the development of political parties in Africa and indicate ... -
Political Institutions and Economic Reform: Zambia and South Africa in Comparative Context
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)This paper presents the theoretical and methodological framework of a joint research project by Lise Rakner and Tor Skålnes, "Political Liberalisation and Economic Reform in Southern Africa". The project consists of two ... -
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 ... -
Rainbow justice and peace building. South Africa 1994-2001
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The Accountability Function of Parliament in New Democracies: Tanzanian Perspectives
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The role of parliaments in holding the executive accountable is a neglected topic in the study of the democratization process in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular there is a lack of studies measuring executive-legislative ... -
Trade Unions in Processes of Democratisation. A Study of Party Labour Relations in Zambia
(Research report, Research report, 1992)This report assesses the role of labour in the recent transition to multi-party rule in Zambia. The main question considered is to what extent labour, through its policy-making organ the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions ...