Alexander Boniface Makulilo
Biographic Data
| ID | 3963130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Boniface Makulilo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander Boniface |
| FAMILY NAME | Makulilo |
| SIGNATURE | MAKULILO A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Dodoma Tanzania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building a transformative feminist movement for women empowerment in Tanzania: The role of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP-Mtandao)
Tanzania has, over the past two decades, made remarkable progress in terms of women’s representation in the parliament. In the women in parliament rankings, Tanzania comes 23rd in the world and the 8th in Africa with 36.6% Members of Parliament. This achievement is largely a result of struggles by the women’s movement in which a transformative feminist organization namely the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNPMtandao) is clearly singled o…
Electoral Violence in Zanzibar: Drivers and Early Warning Mechanisms
Elections are an integral part of any democracy. They serve as a mechanism for legitimising a political system – its succession of government and leaders – for linking political institutions with voters, and for holding the elected government and leaders accountable to the electorate. Yet, due to the combative nature of competition for political power in high-stake contexts, elections may lead to violence. Usually this happens if key stakeholders…
Watching the watcher: An evaluation of local election observers in Tanzania
The unfolding of the Third Wave of democracy cast a mounting weight on election observation in transition countries, partly due to the inability of regimes in power to conduct free and fair elections. However, observation is not always neutral. Sometimes observers distance themselves from the data they collect, leading to controversial certification of elections. In this case stakeholders may view them as partial, hence downsizing their credibili…
Independent Electoral Commission in Tanzania: A False Debate
The electoral discourse in Africa today is dominated by the question of the 'independence' of an electoral management body as one of the prerequisites for free and fair elections. The central issue in the discourse is 'what constitutes the basic tests of an independent body'. By overemphasising the structures and legal framework of an electoral body, institutionalists assume that the actors and the electoral body are distinctive. Drawing from the…
Independent Electoral Commission in Tanzania: A False Debate
The electoral discourse in Africa today is dominated by the question of the 'independence' of an electoral management body as one of the prerequisites for free and fair elections. The central issue in the discourse is 'what constitutes the basic tests of an independent body'. By overemphasising the structures and legal framework of an electoral body, institutionalists assume that the actors and the electoral body are distinctive. Drawing from the…
Watching the watcher: An evaluation of local election observers in Tanzania
The unfolding of the Third Wave of democracy cast a mounting weight on election observation in transition countries, partly due to the inability of regimes in power to conduct free and fair elections. However, observation is not always neutral. Sometimes observers distance themselves from the data they collect, leading to controversial certification of elections. In this case stakeholders may view them as partial, hence downsizing their credibili…
Electoral Violence in Zanzibar: Drivers and Early Warning Mechanisms
Elections are an integral part of any democracy. They serve as a mechanism for legitimising a political system – its succession of government and leaders – for linking political institutions with voters, and for holding the elected government and leaders accountable to the electorate. Yet, due to the combative nature of competition for political power in high-stake contexts, elections may lead to violence. Usually this happens if key stakeholders…
Independent Electoral Commission in Tanzania: A False Debate
The electoral discourse in Africa today is dominated by the question of the 'independence' of an electoral management body as one of the prerequisites for free and fair elections. The central issue in the discourse is 'what constitutes the basic tests of an independent body'. By overemphasising the structures and legal framework of an electoral body, institutionalists assume that the actors and the electoral body are distinctive. Drawing from the…
Watching the watcher: An evaluation of local election observers in Tanzania
The unfolding of the Third Wave of democracy cast a mounting weight on election observation in transition countries, partly due to the inability of regimes in power to conduct free and fair elections. However, observation is not always neutral. Sometimes observers distance themselves from the data they collect, leading to controversial certification of elections. In this case stakeholders may view them as partial, hence downsizing their credibili…
Electoral Violence in Zanzibar: Drivers and Early Warning Mechanisms
Elections are an integral part of any democracy. They serve as a mechanism for legitimising a political system – its succession of government and leaders – for linking political institutions with voters, and for holding the elected government and leaders accountable to the electorate. Yet, due to the combative nature of competition for political power in high-stake contexts, elections may lead to violence. Usually this happens if key stakeholders…
Building a transformative feminist movement for women empowerment in Tanzania: The role of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP-Mtandao)
Tanzania has, over the past two decades, made remarkable progress in terms of women’s representation in the parliament. In the women in parliament rankings, Tanzania comes 23rd in the world and the 8th in Africa with 36.6% Members of Parliament. This achievement is largely a result of struggles by the women’s movement in which a transformative feminist organization namely the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNPMtandao) is clearly singled o…
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