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Tanzania has been independent in 2011 for 50 years. While most neighbouring states have gone through violent conflicts, Tanzania has managed to implement extensive reforms without armed political conflicts, Hence, Tanzania is an interesting case for Peace and Development research. This dissertation analyses the political development in Tanzania since the introduction of the multiparty system in 1992, with a focus on the challenges for the democratisation process in connection with the 2000 and 2005 elections. The question of to what extent Tanzania had moved towards a consolidation of democrac
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Abstract; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; List of maps; Preface and acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; 1.Introduction; 1.1The ambiguous "transition" to democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa; 1.2The context to democratization in Africa; 1.3Research design: problem, questions and approaches; 1.4Delimitations; 1.5Relevance; 1.6Structure of the thesis; 2. Theoretical framework: Democracy, democratisationand development; 2.1The theoretical debate on democratisation in Africa
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2.2De!nitions of Democracy, Civil, Political and Economic Society2.3The institutions of democracy and accountability-selectionof institutions and indicators; 2.4Analytical framework-and organisation of the thesis; 2.5Sum up; 3.Methodology; 3.1Methodological points of departure; 3.2The design, methodology and sources; 3.3Methods for analysing and interpreting the materials; 3.4 Reflections on the quality and validity of the empirical material; 4. Statism and development from above - Tanzanian development 1961-2010 A brief context; Colonial Heritage: A Fragmented Economic and Social Structure
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4.2 The Tanzanian post-colonial development model - Statism and constrainedparticipation from below4.3 Development in Zanzibar and its implication for the politicaldevelopment in the whole of Tanzania; 4.4 Structural and historic themes that form the context in whichdemocratisation is supposed to take place; 5. Sphere 1. State/state capacity. The political institutions and challenges for democratisation within the stat; 5.1 The executive, the policy framework and administrativestructures in Tanzania; 5.2The representative: parliament, its setup and capacity
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5.3Challenges for the work of the parliament-!ndings5.4The legal setting: the constitution, the judiciary and human rights; 5.5Corruption & nepotism/clientele networks; 5.6 Decision-making in an aid dependent country-challengesfor democratisation; 5.7Conclusion; 6. Sphere 3 and 4:Political Institutions outside the state. Media, NGOs, democratic culture and economic development; 6.1The media-straddling the political, economic and civil society; 6.2CSOs and Participation; 6.3Democratic culture; 6.4 Substantive outcome: Economic growth, but limited development -increased number of poor
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6.5 The interface between economic, political, and administrative reforms in Tanzania-is a democratic pro-poor growth developmentregime established?6.6Conclusion; 7. Sphere 3: Political Parties-challenges for the opposition; 7.1Characteristics of the ruling party and the opposition; 7.2 Views on structural challenges for the consolidationof the multiparty system; 7.3Challenges for consolidation from within the opposition; 7.4External support to democratisation and parties; 7.5 Conclusion: Could there be a multiparty democracywithout political parties?
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8. Political reforms and the 2000 and 2005 elections-the consolidation of electionalism,but not of democracy?
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789987082506
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Print version Challenges for the Democratisation Process in Tanzania : Moving towards consolidation years after independence?
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