Election Management Bodies In East Africa

Author : B. Makulilo,Eugene Ntaganda
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781928331179

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Election Management Bodies in East Africa by B. Makulilo,Eugene Ntaganda Pdf

The management of elections is increasingly generating impassioned debate in these East African nations Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The bodies that manage and conduct elections are, therefore, coming under intense citizen and stakeholder scrutiny for the manner in which they are composed, how they organise and perform their mandates, and the outcomes they achieve. The effectiveness of electoral management bodies (EMBs) has largely been influenced by the impact of political violence on election management reforms in East Africa. Even in countries where EMBs are the products of reforms initiated in the aftermath of violent disputes over elections, they still face enormous challenges in dealing with electoral disputes and anticipating election-related crises. Although changes to constitutions and the laws in these countries have sought to make EMBs independent and, therefore, more inclined to deliver free, fair and credible elections, there are many issues that determine their impartiality and their ability to allow for the aggregation and free expression of the will of the people. These shortcomings negatively impact on democracy. This volume assembles case studies on the capacity of EMBs in these five East African countries to deliver democratic and transparent elections.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1928331181

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Election Management Bodies in East Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920489748

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region. As institutions that apply the rules governing elections, electoral management bodies (EMBs) have occupied, over the last two decades, the heart of discussion and practice on the critical question of effective citizen participation in the public affairs of their countries. The way in which they are established and the effectiveness of their operations have continued to preoccupy those who advocate for competitive elections, while reforms to the EMBs have taken centre stage in more general political reforms. Election Management Bodies in West Africa thus responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in each country, the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures.

Author : Ismaïla Madior Fall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Election monitoring
ISBN : OCLC:1391851627

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Ismaïla Madior Fall Pdf

Author : Ismaila Madior Fall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : 1920489169

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Ismaila Madior Fall Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region. As institutions that apply the rules governing elections, electoral management bodies (EMBs) have occupied, over the last two decades, the heart of discussion and practice on the critical question of effective citizen participation in the public affairs of their countries. The way in which they are established and the effectiveness of their operations have continued to preoccupy those who advocate for competitive elections, while reforms to the EMBs have taken centre stage in more general political reforms. Election Management Bodies in West Africa thus responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in each country, the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 1928332196

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Election Management Bodies in Southern Africa by Anonim Pdf

Over the past two decades, Southern African countries have entrenched the use of elections as the only means and medium for electing governments and representative institutions in governance. Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) are central to the delivery and quality of elections. These institutions are mandated to manage most or all aspects of the electoral process. Informed by diverse factors - the design, mandate, extent of powers and even the number of institutions responsible for electoral matters vary in each country. This study is a collaborative effort between the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), the Open Society Foundation's Africa Regional Office (AfRO) and the Electoral Commissions Forum of the Southern African Development Community (ECF-SADC).

Author : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 192048972X

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa 'Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone - assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region. As institutions that apply the rules governing elections, electoral management bodies (EMBs) have occupied, over the last two decades, the heart of discussion and practice on the critical question of effective citizen participation in the public affairs of their countries. The way in which they are established and the effectiveness of their operations have continued to preoccupy those who advocate for competitive elections, while reforms to the EMBs have taken centre stage in more general political reforms. Election Management Bodies in West Africa thus responds to the evident need for more knowledge about an institution that occupies a more and more important place in the political process in West Africa. Based on documentary research and detailed interviews in each country, the study provides a comparative analysis which highlights the similarities and differences in the structure and operations of each body, and attempts to establish the reasons for their comparative successes and failures.

Author : Amy Vincent, Sead Alihodzic, Stephen Gale
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789176714386

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Risk Management in Elections by Amy Vincent, Sead Alihodzic, Stephen Gale Pdf

When electoral risks are not understood and addressed, they can undermine the credibility of the process and the results it yields. Electoral management bodies (EMBs) encounter numerous risks across all phases of the electoral cycle. They operate in environments that are increasingly complex and volatile and where factors such as technology, demographics, insecurity, inaccurate or incomplete information and natural calamities, create increasing uncertainty. The experiences of EMBs show that when formal risk management processes are successfully implemented, the benefits are profound. Greater risk awareness helps organizations to focus their resources on where they are most needed, thus achieving cost-effectiveness. Over the last decade it has been observed that EMBs are increasingly moving from informal to formal risk management processes. The purpose of this Guide is to lay out a set of practical steps for EMBs on how to establish or advance their risk management framework. The Guide’s chapters reflect the breadth of key considerations in the implementation process and offer basic resources to assist in the process.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Elections
ISBN : MINN:31951D03647146A

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Kenya's 2013 Elections by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Pdf

Author : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1283637790

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Election Management Bodies in West Africa by Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe Pdf

This report is an in-depth study of electoral commissions in six countries of West Africa Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone assessing their contribution in strengthening political participation in the region."

Author : K. T. Matlosa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123512159

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Election Management and Observation in Southern Africa by K. T. Matlosa Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Elections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115191152

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Political and Electoral Violence in East Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tomiwa Ogunrinde
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3346447995

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A Comparative Analysis of Electoral Management in Nigeria and Senegal by Tomiwa Ogunrinde Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A, University of Ibadan, language: English, abstract: The institution responsible for electoral management is called electoral management body. They are solely responsible for organising an election with the assistance of other government bodies, most importantly, the Police. This paper aimed at making a comparative analysis of the different systems (Nigeria and Cameroon) of election management through institutions called Electoral Commissions. A qualitative study, data were sourced from secondary sources. The study tried to identify some trends. In the word of Fukuyama (1992), democracy is the "endpoint of man's ideological evolution". At the end of Cold War, the world saw transition of hitherto authoritarian military/ monarchical states to democracy. Between 1990 and 1994, about thirty of one forty-one African states that had not held multiple party elections did so. Eligible citizens expressed their right to air their opinion through voting on who they so desire to govern them. It is not only in national elections that voting has a special importance, but also in many institutions, private and public domains. As experience has shown so far in many of these countries, elections become not day activity, rather they are complex set of activities with different variables that act and feed on one another.

Author : Margaret Sekaggya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 1920355952

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Uganda, Management of Elections by Margaret Sekaggya Pdf

This Open Society Foundations report assesses Uganda's level of preparedness to hold elections in February 2011 and makes recommendations for electoral reform ahead of the elections, if 2011 polls are to be credible. It highlights the disconnect between Uganda's legal framework in theory and that of its implementation in reality, and points to a level playing field in Ugandan politics. The report is a joint publication by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project and the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa.

Author : Timothy D. Sisk,Andrew Reynolds
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1878379798

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Elections and Conflict Management in Africa by Timothy D. Sisk,Andrew Reynolds Pdf

Elections have emerged as one of the most important, and most contentious, features of political life on the African continent. In the first half of this decade, there were more than 20 national elections, serving largely as capstones of peace processes or transitions to democracies. The outcomes of these and more recent elections have been remarkably varied, and the relationship between elections and conflict management is widely debated throughout Africa and among international observers. Elections can either help reduce tensions by reconstituting legitimate government, or they can exacerbate them by further polarizing highly conflictual societies. This timely volume examines the relationship between elections, especially electoral systems, and conflict management in Africa, while also serving as an important reference for other regions. The book brings together for the first time the latest thinking on the many different roles elections can play in democratization and conflict management.