Political policy: president and parliament in Zambia

Abstract

In October 1991, Zambia experienced its first competitive elections in 23 years. These elections for both the presidency and the National Assembly were expected to mark the end of one‐party rule and the beginning of a new regime of multi‐party politics. In the aftermath of the elections, some also expressed the hope or expectation that the transition starting to take place in Zambia would inspire a movement elsewhere in sub‐Saharan Africa away from authoritarian regimes or regimes effectively immune from electoral accountability. In fact, even some Zambians drew hopeful comparisons between what was occurring in Lusaka and the democratic transformations that had begun several years earlier in Central and Eastern Europe.

Citation

Bach, S. (1999), "Political policy: president and parliament in Zambia", Journal of Management History (Archive), Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 183-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552529910273934