Valgets politikk: Betydningen av administrative og legale virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda. (Danish)
In: Politica: Tidsskrift for Politisk Videnskab, Jg. 41 (2009-10-01), Heft 3, S. 268-282
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Zugriff:
Studies of electoral processes in new democracies in sub-Saharan Africa suggest that political actors - in particular the executive - may benefit from exploiting rule making as well the implementation of rules through the administrative apparatus by subjecting autonomous institutions to executive control. 'We refer to this as an `administrative and legal approach' to securing a desired election outcome. Within this perspective, we describe how the executive in two presidential systems - Uganda and Malawi - have been able to impact the electoral process to remain in power. This is illustrated by the process in advance of Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections in 2006 and by the post-election maneuvers of Malawi's president after the 2004 election. The two cases show that the executive branch in new democracies may employ both legal means and administrative capacities to tilt the playing field in their favor and thereby determine the electoral outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Afrikanske vaig har ofte vist, at demokratiske forfatninger kun i begr~nset omfang har reduseret magtkoncentrasionen i presidentembedet. Studier af vaig i Afrika bor forstås i lyset af en legal administrativ model, hvor en sterk presidentmagt underminerer politisk neutrale processer og institutioner. Politiske aktorer tjener egne interesser ved at bruge forfatningsprocesser og implementering af de politiske spilleregler til at kontrollere de administrative institutioner såsom valgkommisionen. Det er en vigtig præmis, at valg nærmest er en kontinuerlig prosess. I lang tid før valget kan konkurrenceforholdene gores ulige, og efter valget kan elementer i valgprocesserne bruges til at forhindre oppositionen i at styrke sin position. Disse teknikker blev udnyttet af Præsident Museveni i Uganda før valget i 2006 og af President Mutharika i Malawi efter valget i 2004 for at sikre deres politiske initiativers gennemslagskraft. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Valgets politikk: Betydningen av administrative og legale virkemidler for å beholde makten i Malawi og Uganda. (Danish)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Rakner, Lise ; Svåsand, Lars |
Zeitschrift: | Politica: Tidsskrift for Politisk Videnskab, Jg. 41 (2009-10-01), Heft 3, S. 268-282 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2009 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0105-0710 (print) |
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