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Political Instability, Electoral Violence and Coalition Governments in Africa: The Basis for Successful Liberal Politics and the Failure of Coalitions in Botswana
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Publication Details Author list: Zibani Maundeni Publication year: 2012 Volume number: 44 Start page: 106 End page: 118 Number of pages: 13 |
Disputed African elections, political instability and electoral violence have in recent times led to regional, continental and the international community, calling for the establishment of inclusive governing coalition governments. In contrast, opposition political parties in democratic Botswana (whose elections, regional and the international community have declared credible, free and fair) have sought to establish coalitions for winning elections. Therefore, localised and without clear historical precedence in Africa, Botswana parties' attempted coalitions for winning elections, are having a hard time to take root and function. In a setup such as Botswana where there was no electoral violence, where the international community was not pushing for coalition governments, where there was never revolutionary violence to compel coalition politics, and where the one-party state did not ban or incorporate opposition parties, they are unlikely to be agreed upon and
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