Political and Administrative Studies (PAS): Recent submissions

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  • Vission 2016 and reforming the intelligence in Botswana 

    Maundeni, Z. (The Botswana Society, 2008)
    The Botswana government proposed to the national parliament the setting up of an enlarged intelligence agency known as the Directorate of Intelligence and Security. It drafted and published in the Government Gazette, an ...

  • The business sector 

    Othata, O.; Seleke, T. (Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
    This chapter reviews Botswana's integrity mechanisms within the business sector. It examines the role of the state owned businesses, by far the majority in Botswana,as well as the emerging privately owned business sector. ...

  • Political parties 

    Molomo, M.G. (Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
    This chapter discusses the national integrity system of political parties. In assessing the viability and integrity of political parties, the purpose of their existence needs to be established and analysed. The building ...

  • Supreme audit institution 

    Lekorwe, M. (Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
    This chapter assesses the effectiveness of the Office of the Auditor General as a key pillar of the national integrity system in Botswana. It gives an overview of the laws and rules governing the establishment and operation ...

  • Independent Electoral Commission 

    Sebudubudu, D. (Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
    Botswana has since 1965 held nine successive multi-party elections, making it Africa's longest running democracy. Although elections are high tension events, they have not sparked violence in Botswana- a rare feature in ...

  • Local governance 

    Mfundisi, A. (Made Plain Commucation, 2008)
    This chapter looks at local governance in the context of the national integrity system. Local councils provide local services and incur financial expenses within the statutory framework set by the central government. The ...

  • State culture, building and renewing the Botswana developmental state 

    Maundeni, Z. (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2008)
    The post-colonial Botswana elite built a developmental state.The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) inherited a developmental state-promoting state culture, which it used to modernise state institutions, to focus on creating ...

  • Political culture as a source of political instability: the case of Lesotho 

    Maundeni, Z. (Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2010-04)
    This article considers Lesotho’s political history and culture, a political history characterised by rebellious chiefs who had rejected Christianity and who were heavily armed and fought numerous wars against their black ...