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The politics of elections in Botswana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Roger Charlton
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Résumé

L'histoire des élections compétitives ininterrompues au Botswana depuis 1965, et la littérature abondante que ces rivalries ont engendrées sont réexaminées afin de, premièrement, éclairer les vues qui se répandent au sujet du Botswana concernant les objectifs et le sens de ces évenements, deuxièmement, examiner l'évolution des procédures électorates dans cet état, et troisièmement, élucider les effets que les élections ont eut sur l'institutionnalisation d'une politique stable. Une des découvertes principales qui a été faite est que, de plus en plus, les élections sont largement acceptées par le corps électoral, et que les résultats des élections sont a perçus comme étant matériellement important pour une population qui apparemment juge désormais les candidats et les partis d'une maniere très instrumentale sur la base des exploits politiques que ces derniers ont accomplis. La concurrence électorale à son tour est devenue un facteur de plus en plus important pour former certains éléments central dans les procédures politiques de Botswana, peut-être en particulier depuis que la compétition électorale entre le gouvernement et I'opposition a principalement émergée comme un combat entre le BDP au pouvoir et le candidat BNF. Dans l'ensemble, les vastes données qui ont été générées par des études antérieures faites sur les élections, notamment les résultats des récents sondages d'opinion publique, permettent le développement d'une perspective sur la politique du Botswana qui concède aux élections un rôle plus central que traditionnel contrairement à ce qui en a été jusqu'à présent.

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Accommodating an opposition
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Africa , Volume 63 , Issue 3: Understanding Elections in Africa , July 1993 , pp. 330 - 370
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Copyright © International African Institute 1993

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