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- Title
Zambia's Democracy on a Deathbed: An Interrogation of Regime Repression.
- Authors
Simuziya, Nsama Jonathan
- Abstract
This paper explores the causal factors for Zambia's slide from a democracy to authoritarianism from 2015 to date. Stifling of media freedoms, corruption, and arm- twisting of institutions have become the hallmarks of the current Patriotic Front (PF) regime. The failure of democracy in Zambia is not only a set back to the Zambian population, but also undermines prospects of democratic consolidation in Africa at large. The paper relies on data collected from secondary sources of enquiry using academic journals, scholarly books, reports, and online newspaper articles. Drawing from the findings of the study, the paper concludes that the Zambian population itself has become too passive, hence the regime's wanton abuse of pow
- Subjects
DEMOCRACY; ZAMBIAN politics &; government, 1991-; AUTHORITARIANISM; POLITICAL systems; ECONOMIC development
- Publication
African Journal of Democracy & Election Research (AJDER), 2021, Vol 1, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
2752-6011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31920/2752-602X/2021/v1n1a2