Bernadeta Killian
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernadeta Killian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernadeta |
| FAMILY NAME | Killian |
| SIGNATURE | KILLIAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dar es Salaam |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-5545-2043 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Politics of Institutional Design during the Transition to Multiparty Democracy in Tanzania
This article sets out to assess the politics of institutional design in Tanzania during the transition period to a multi-party system in the early 1990s up to the holding of the ‘founding elections’ in October 1995. Two questions are critical at this juncture; Why were certain institutions preferred by the ruling elites and others rejected? What were the logic and interests behind the preferred institutions? The point of departure in this article…
Women's marginalization in participatory forest management
This paper analyses the consequences of responsibilization for women in natural resource management in Southern Tanzania. Participatory forest management (PFM) and Participatory Land Use Planning in Southern Tanzania provide a case study to interrogate how responsibilization impacts on the existing social order in a given community. As the study findings show, participatory initiatives have not fully reached rural women who are still under-repres…
Do Elections Matter in Zanzibar
Do multiparty elections facilitate or hinder the process of democratic consolidation in Zanzibar? Since Tanzania's return to a multiparty system in 1992 three rounds of general elections have been held in Zanzibar, all of them marred by gross irregularities, fraud, violence, and insecurity. All three elections were also followed by a political stalemate, with a major opposition party rejecting defeat, refusing to recognise the elected government,…
The state and identity politics in Zanzibar
A group of islands off the coast of East Africa, Zanzibar has been a semi‐autonomous part of the United Republic of Tanzania since 1964. Despite a common language (Swahili), religion (Islam), and a high rate of intermarriage among the islands' multi‐racial communities (including Africans and individuals of Arab, Persian, and Indian descent), Zanzibar politics has been marred by political conflicts that have culminated into political stand‐offs, v…
A Policy of Parliamentary 'Special Seats' for Women in Tanzania
No abstract
The state and identity politics in Zanzibar
A group of islands off the coast of East Africa, Zanzibar has been a semi‐autonomous part of the United Republic of Tanzania since 1964. Despite a common language (Swahili), religion (Islam), and a high rate of intermarriage among the islands' multi‐racial communities (including Africans and individuals of Arab, Persian, and Indian descent), Zanzibar politics has been marred by political conflicts that have culminated into political stand‐offs, v…
Women's marginalization in participatory forest management
This paper analyses the consequences of responsibilization for women in natural resource management in Southern Tanzania. Participatory forest management (PFM) and Participatory Land Use Planning in Southern Tanzania provide a case study to interrogate how responsibilization impacts on the existing social order in a given community. As the study findings show, participatory initiatives have not fully reached rural women who are still under-repres…
Do Elections Matter in Zanzibar
Do multiparty elections facilitate or hinder the process of democratic consolidation in Zanzibar? Since Tanzania's return to a multiparty system in 1992 three rounds of general elections have been held in Zanzibar, all of them marred by gross irregularities, fraud, violence, and insecurity. All three elections were also followed by a political stalemate, with a major opposition party rejecting defeat, refusing to recognise the elected government,…
A Policy of Parliamentary 'Special Seats' for Women in Tanzania
No abstract
A Policy of Parliamentary 'Special Seats' for Women in Tanzania
No abstract
The state and identity politics in Zanzibar
A group of islands off the coast of East Africa, Zanzibar has been a semi‐autonomous part of the United Republic of Tanzania since 1964. Despite a common language (Swahili), religion (Islam), and a high rate of intermarriage among the islands' multi‐racial communities (including Africans and individuals of Arab, Persian, and Indian descent), Zanzibar politics has been marred by political conflicts that have culminated into political stand‐offs, v…
Do Elections Matter in Zanzibar
Do multiparty elections facilitate or hinder the process of democratic consolidation in Zanzibar? Since Tanzania's return to a multiparty system in 1992 three rounds of general elections have been held in Zanzibar, all of them marred by gross irregularities, fraud, violence, and insecurity. All three elections were also followed by a political stalemate, with a major opposition party rejecting defeat, refusing to recognise the elected government,…
Women's marginalization in participatory forest management
This paper analyses the consequences of responsibilization for women in natural resource management in Southern Tanzania. Participatory forest management (PFM) and Participatory Land Use Planning in Southern Tanzania provide a case study to interrogate how responsibilization impacts on the existing social order in a given community. As the study findings show, participatory initiatives have not fully reached rural women who are still under-repres…
The Politics of Institutional Design during the Transition to Multiparty Democracy in Tanzania
This article sets out to assess the politics of institutional design in Tanzania during the transition period to a multi-party system in the early 1990s up to the holding of the ‘founding elections’ in October 1995. Two questions are critical at this juncture; Why were certain institutions preferred by the ruling elites and others rejected? What were the logic and interests behind the preferred institutions? The point of departure in this article…
Political science (4 works) · Tanzania (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Democratization (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works)