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Why the CCM Is Still in Power in Tanzania? A Reply

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dc.creator Makulilo, Alexander B.
dc.date 2016-05-09T20:12:59Z
dc.date 2016-05-09T20:12:59Z
dc.date 2014
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:11:36Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:11:36Z
dc.identifier Makulilo, A.B., 2014. Why the CCM is still in power in Tanzania? A reply. CEU Political Science Journal, 9(1-2), pp.88-106.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1923
dc.identifier 10.2139/ssrn.2458778
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1923
dc.description In her article “Why the CCM won’t lose”, Melanie O’Gorman claims to have found a puzzling dominance of the CCM in Tanzania. Using a survey conducted in 2008 amongst subsistence farmers, she notes that respondents tend to support the ruling party despite the rural neglect. This article questions the methodology and contests the key findings. It argues that the CCM’s dominance is a function of the incomplete de-linking of the party from the state of the old authoritarian regime thereby suffocating political space not only for the opposition parties but also for the members of civil society in rural and urban areas. The electoral data from the 2005 and 2010 general elections indicate that the margin of votes across constituencies for the CCM is in steady decline, thus challenging its dominance.
dc.language en
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject CCM
dc.subject Dominant party
dc.subject Elections
dc.title Why the CCM Is Still in Power in Tanzania? A Reply
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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