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Widening the frontiers of democracy: towards a transformative agenda in Botswana politics
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article is about the struggles of Batswana women to attain gender equality. The article traces women's exclusion from public decision-making much broadly as a fundamental feature
of the Tswana patriachal structure. ...
Understanding government and opposition parties in Botswana
(Routledge, http://www.informaworld.com, 2000)
This paper discusses the relationship between the ruling party and
opposition parties in the struggle to capture political power in Botswana. It demonstrates the resilience of the multi-party framework that is founded on ...
In search of an alternative electoral system for Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
Electoral systems are manipulative instruments that determine how elections are won and lost.
Botswana is widely regarded as a frontrunner in democratic politics, but the electoral system
that it operates has been wanting ...
Democracy under siege: the Presidency and executive powers in Botswana
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article outlines that the Constitution of Botswana provides for an executive presidency with
extensive powers. Unlike other constitutions in the region where power is vested with the people, in Botswana it is vested ...
Declining voter participation in Botswana: trends and patterns
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article attempts to analyse the trends and patterns relating to the past eight general elections in Botswana, from the pre-independence period in 1965 to 1999. Factors that have
influenced elections in the last eight ...