Institutional development
- Investment without democracy
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The paper argues that party institutionalisation allows autocratic rulers to make credible investment by designating party elite who are expected to invest, and by facilitating collective action by elite in the event of their expropriation.
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- Can ICT foster social and political freedoms in the Middle East?
- ( F. Shirazi / Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries , 2008)
- This paper examines the extent to which ICT expansion is impacting social and political freedoms in ten countries of the Middle Eastern region, defined as non-democratic states. It investigates two pr...
- What needs to be done in establishing good governance in Africa?
- ( P. Chabal / South African Institute of International Affairs, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) , 2009)
- Informal, neo-patrimonial power structures partly explain why over 30 years of structural adjustment and calls for good governance have failed to inspire lasting change in Africa. What can be done?...
- Tools for teaching journalism in MENA
- ( UNESCO Communication and Information Sector (Webworld) , 2008)
- Following the publication by UNESCO of a Model Curricula for journalism education, this wiki platform is a tool to adapt the programme to teaching journalism in Arabic and French. Designed as a generi...
- Arab governments losing their grip on freedom of expression
- ( E. Zelaky;S. Sami;D. Ziada / The Initiative for an Open Arab Internet , 2007)
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Arab governments have maintained a tradition of restricting freedom of expression using national security and religious morals as grounds for censorship, and the ‘war on terror’ has giv...
- An evaluation of governance structures in Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe
- ( H. Melber;G. Totemeyer;C.J. Makgala;S.J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala , 2007)
- This document is composed of three papers: the contributions on Namibia and Botswana look at the extent to which these countries are able to set standards in terms of well functioning democracies; the...
- A sociological perspective on political opposition in sub-Saharan Africa
- ( K. Hulterstrom;A.Y. Kamete;H. Melber / Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala , 2007)
- This document is a compilation of three research papers originally presented to the Research Committee on Comparative Sociology at the XVI World Congress of Sociology held in 2006. The first chapter e...
- An institutional analysis of APRM
- ( A.B. Chikwanha / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2007)
- The New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) arose out of the need to attend to the sluggish democratic transitions in Africa as well...
- What is the effect of electoral violence on voter behaviour?
- ( P. Collier;P.C. Vicente / Households in Conflict Network , 2008)
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Although many African states made the transition from autocracy to democracy, the shift has not been an easy one. Recent elections in Zimababwe, Kenya and Nigeria have exposed vote-buying, ballot f...
- The struggles of Tunisia's independent press
- ( Reporters Without Borders [Reporters Sans Frontières] , 2009)
- This paper discusses press freedom in Tunisia, presenting the findings of a visit by a delegation from Reporters Without Borders at the end of 2008. It argues that two different types of media co-exis...
- ICT in parliament: defining project scope and documenting system requirements
- ( A. Bikha / Global Centre for Information and Communication Technologies in Parliament , 2008)
- This handbook provides a structured approach for the introduction and integration of ICT in Parliament. It maintains the linkages between the rationale for ICT (vision and strategy) and the subsequent...
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