Election Management Bodies In West Africa

Author : Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : Ismaila Madior Fall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 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 : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1920489169

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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 : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe,Adele L. Jinadu
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 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 : Ismaïla Madior Fall,Mathias Hounkpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : B. Makulilo,Eugene Ntaganda
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : 160 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : UCBK:C105058670

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Election Dispute Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1928331181

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Election Management Bodies in East Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ecf-Sadc
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 192833217X

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Election Management Bodies in Southern Africa by Ecf-Sadc 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). For each of the 12 countries, the research covered: Comparative analysis of the legal frameworks the EMBs operate under and of the historical and political contexts they function within; Comparative study of the institutional nature of the EMBs; Assessment of the powers vested in the EMBs in the conduct and management of electoral processes and their role in the drafting of electoral laws, managing electoral operations, certifying and proclaiming electoral results, ensuring that electoral results are credible, and in resolving electoral conflicts; and Comparative assessment of the independence of the EMBs with particular reference to funding and their relationships with the executive, political parties, parliament and the judiciary (electoral justice mechanisms). Findings and recommendations from this pan-African initiative are expected to increase information and knowledge on the strengths, weaknesses and workings of EMBs in sub-Saharan Africa to facilitate peer learning among African election managers, as well as informing policy-makers, legislators, governments and civil society on a progressive reform agenda to strengthen inclusive electoral processes and democratic practice.

Author : Tomiwa Ogunrinde
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : K. T. Matlosa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : Mathias Hounkpe,Alioune Badara Gueye,Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9789110383

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The Role of Security Forces in the Electoral Process by Mathias Hounkpe,Alioune Badara Gueye,Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Pdf

Author : Timothy D. Sisk,Andrew Reynolds
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,9 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.

Author : International IDEA
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789187729669

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Electoral Management Design by International IDEA Pdf

This Handbook was developed for electoral administrators and those involved in reforming EMBs. It provides comparative experience of and best practices on EMB structures and funding models, as well as means for evaluating performance. A range of case studies illustrate examples from specific contexts in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Haiti, India, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal, Republic of Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States. This new and revised edition of the 2006 International IDEA Handbook includes updated country-level data and case studies and significantly expanded sections on the role of gender, professional development and technology in elections.

Author : Carl W. Dundas
Publisher : Authorhouse UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1456797069

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The Lag of 21st Century Democratic Elections by Carl W. Dundas Pdf