1. Kenya and Zimbabwe: Democratic Challenges and Opportunities
- Author:
- Briggs Bomba
- Publication Date:
- 01-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Africa Policy Information Center
- Abstract:
- The world's attention has been riveted in 2008, by election crises in Africa, first Kenya, and now Zimbabwe. In both cases, challenges remain in converting electoral victory to political power. Can a victorious opposition come to power in the face of an obstinate incumbent? This question is particularly relevant when the incumbent regime controls the coercive apparatus of the state and the opposition only has the ballot in its corner. In the battle of the ballot vs. the bullet, can there ever be a fair match?
- Topic:
- Civil Society, Democratization, Political Economy, and Post Colonialism
- Political Geography:
- Kenya, Africa, and Zimbabwe