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Title Fine balance : assessing the quality of governance in Botswana / edited by Karin Alexander and Gape Kaboyakgosi
Published Pretoria : Idasa, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 110 pages)
Series IDASA'S democracy index
IDASA'S democracy index.
Contents Section 1. Participation and democracy -- section 2. Elections and democracy -- section 3. Accountability and democracy -- section 4. Political freedoms and democracy -- section 5. Human dignity and democracy
Summary This inaugural Democracy Index for Botswana is intended to set a benchmark for democracy to be measured against. The tool, developed and honed by Idasa over many years, assesses the depth of democracy in a country through five focus areas: participation, elections, accountability, political rights, and human dignity. The research relies on expert analysis to answer a set of questions that interrogate how closely, in practice, democracy meets the broad ideal of self-representative government. More specifically, to what extent can citizens control elected officials and government appointees who
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-110)
Notes English
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Subject Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Democracy
Politics and government
SUBJECT Botswana -- Politics and government -- 1966- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016046
Subject Botswana
Form Electronic book
Author Alexander, Karin
Kaboyakgosi, Gape
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