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Parliamentary-Executive Relations in Malawi 1994-2004
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2006
This article addresses the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government in Malawi during the multi-party era from 1994 until ...
Malawi, Parliament, Parliamentary-executive relations, Politics
The Accountability Function of Parliament in New Democracies: Tanzanian Perspectives
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2005
The role of parliaments in holding the executive accountable is a neglected topic in the study of the democratization process in sub-Saharan Africa. In ...
Accountability, Democracy, Parliament/legislature, Tanzania
The institutional context of the 2004 general elections in Malawi
Project | Aug 2003 - Jul 2006
A central concern for democratic accountability is how political institutions are able to guard against executive dominance and electoral malpractice. ...
Democratisation, Parliamentary-executive relations, Political culture, Electoral administration, Political parties, Judiciary, Elections, Electoral systems, Africa: Malawi
The ANC and power concentration in South Africa: does local democracy allow for power-sharing?
Journal Article | Jun 2011
Concentration of power in the hands of the executive is one of the key challenges to democratic consolidation in Africa. Since the early 1990s, the African ...
African National Congress, Local Governance, Power-Sharing, Democracy, Opposition, South Africa
“A Civil-Military Alliance”: The Venezuelan Armed Forces before and during the Chávez era
CMI Working Paper | May 2016
Executive summary
When Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) came to power in Venezuela in 1998, the military was bestowed with a new—and controversial—role ...
military, politics, Chávez, Bolivar, soldiers, alliances, Venezuela
Operating in the shadow of the executive: Women's substantive representation in the Uganda Parliament
Doctoral Thesis | Nov 2013
Operating in the shadow of the executive: Women's substantive representation in the Uganda Parliame
Norway
Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria
Report in External Series | Sep 2011
The relatively slow pace of Nigeria’s development has often been attributed to the phenomenon of the resource curse whereby the nature of the state ...
corruption, petroleum, natural resources, political economy, Nigeria
Evaluation of agreement between Norwegian Church Aid and Norad for financial support to Haydom Lutheran Hospital
CMI Report | May 2018
Executive summary
Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) opened in 1955. HLH is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT), Mbulu Synod, but ...
Tanzania
Protective strategies in the 1990s: A review of the policy discourses in UNHCR and the executive committee
CMI Report | Jan 1998
The study examines changing policy doctrines for protecting refugees, as reflected in the official documents of UNHCR and its Executive Committee (ExCom) ...
Refugees, Refugee policy, Asylum policy, UNHCR
Development planning and the importance of Democratic Institutions in Botswana
CMI Report | Jan 1993
This study takes an extended look at Botswana, a country which is found to depart from the common pattern of African states and therefore may be considered ...
Democracy, Development planning, Economic policy, Botswana
Peacebuilding in Africa
Event | 22 Mar 2006
The founder and executive director of ACCORD, Mr Vasu Gounden, and the programme manager of ACCORD's peace and security unit, Mr Kwezi Mngqibiza, is visiting CMI on March 21 and 22. Their seminar presentation will focus on Africa: Destination for Conflict Resolution or Investment? and the African Union and Conflict Management: Lessons Learnt
Why Firms should not always Maximize Profits
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2006
Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations ...
Profit maximization, Business ethics, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Jel codes: D63, M14
Why firms should not always maximize profits
Journal Article | Nov 2007
Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations ...
Business ethics, CSR, profit maximization, special duties
Executive dominance and the politics of quota representation
Journal Article | Jan 2012
Quota policies securing the presence of marginalised groups in decision-making bodies have been adopted across sub-Saharan Africa. These policies are ...
The Battle over abortion rights in Brazil's state arenas, 1995-2006
Journal Article | Jun 2017
This article proposes a relational approach to the study of abortion law reform in Brazil. It focuses on the interaction of pro-choice and anti-abortion ...
Government and Politics in Malawi
Edited Book | Jun 2007
The textbook provides a comprehensive coverage of the main concepts, institutions and mechanisms of Government and Politics, with particular reference ...
Malawi
African Scholars and African Studies: A Commentary on Olukoshi
Book Chapter | Jan 2006
With a point of departure in the contribution to the same volume by CODESRIA's executive secretary, Adebayo Olukoshi, this piece addresses the predicament ...
African studies, Africa
Power calculations and political decentralisation in African post-conflict states
Journal Article | Jan 2017
Although many African governments introduced provisions for subnational elections in the early 1990s, there is variation in the extent to which these ...
Decentralisation, post-conflict states, Angola, Ethiopia, South Africa
Bernt Hagtvet in conversation with Elin Skaar on human rights in Latin America
Event | 13 Apr 2011
Elin Skaar's new book analyses the connections between transitional justice and judicial politics. She explores the role of courts in shaping options and trajectories of post-transitional justice - and concretely the chances of criminal prosecutions for past crimes in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Norwegian Firms and Business Climate Challenges in Brazil
News | 28 Jun 2007
What are the challenges on issues related to corruption and other illegal causes of unfair competition?
Brazil