Unleveled Playfield and Democracy in Tanzania
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Date
2012-04
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
Abstract
Tanzania experienced a top down democratic transition. This transition path gave the ruling party monopoly to
determine the transition pace, design the rules of the game, as well as to own and benefit out of it. The de-linking
of the party from the state of the previous authoritarian regime has yet happened thereby creating uneven
playfield for opposition parties to be effective. This article, based on documents, interviews, and newspapers,
holds that the landslide victories by the ruling party in the past general elections of 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010
were largely attributed to its fusion with the state.
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Tanzania, Elections, Democracy, Constitution, CCM, State-party Remove selected
Citation
Makulilo, A.B., 2012. Unleveled Playfield and Democracy in Tanzania. J. Pol. & L., 5, p.96.