Tanzanian Political Culture and the Cabinet

Bibliographic Data

ID4252153
AuthorsJan Kees Van Donge, Athumani J Liviga
Year1986
Volume24
Issue4
Pages619-639
Publication date1986-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00007230
OpenAlexW2117856587
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited14

THIS article aims to clarify the national political culture of Tanzania through an analysis of one important institution - the Cabinet. Although attention to the norms and rules that regulate political behaviour in formal and informal ways can reveal insights that are not disclosed by other approaches, political culture has been a neglected field in the study of African politics.By way of contrast, class analysis has been a popular approach to African politics in past decades.1It has been shown, for instance, that those in government positions siphon off surplus from the peasantry through the marketing of agricultural produce. This has happended in countries as diverse as Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, and Tanzania,2where there are enormous differences in economic performance, as well as with respect to the way in which political conflicts are handled. People n similar class positions can act in a variety of ways - this is a matter of culture - because there is more than one possible logic with which to perceive and defend interests

Cabinet (room · Class analysis · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Institution · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · International Development and Aid · Law

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