by chloe | Jan 8, 2020 | Canada & the Caribbean, Elections
by William Crawley, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies The principles of freedom of information and freedom of expression are regarded as the core of shared values to which Commonwealth governments aspire. In practice many Commonwealth countries...
by chloe | Dec 7, 2019 | Elections
by Antoine Capet (University of Rouen) When reading the party manifestos for the forthcoming General Election, I was struck by the evolution in party thinking – at least as expressed to the voters – since the war. In my lecturing, I used to dwell on the difference...
by anna | Jul 29, 2019 | Africa, Elections, South Africa
By Sue Onslow and Martin Plaut This piece was originally published in The Conversation on 18 July 2019 It is a quarter of a century since the end of apartheid in South Africa. But it’s easy to forget how complex, difficult and violent the birth of full...
by anna | Jul 15, 2019 | Asia, Elections, Human Rights, India, Media Freedom
By Dr William Crawley – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies The national elections in India in 2019 were marked by a keen focus on every aspect of government by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Narendra Modi since it came to power...
by anna | Jun 27, 2019 | Asia, Elections, India
By Professor James Manor ‘Extravagant new promises can buy him time, but far from solving the problem, they compound the risk.’ ‘His main alternative is to stress not aspirations, but resentments.’ ‘He has already de-emphasised aspirational appeals: Nothing has...
by georgie | May 17, 2019 | Africa, Elections, Human Rights, South Africa
Martin Plaut Senior Research Fellow – ICWS It was a remarkable achievement. South Africa’s sixth election since the end of apartheid saw nearly 17.7 million people vote at 22,924 voting stations.They had a choice of 48 parties who were attempting to get into the...
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