22 November 2006
BOOK EXAMINES STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has published a new edition of the book "Outside the Ballot Box: Preconditions for Elections in Southern Africa", which examines the state of democratisation in the region, including the impact that civil society has had on governance and accountability.
The updated edition focuses particularly on civil society as an instrument of democratisation. Fourteen authors discuss such subjects as strategies for political change in Zimbabwe, the historic 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the growth of anti-poverty protest movements in South Africa.
Other articles discuss key problem areas that affect Southern Africa as a whole: the nature of liberation movements as governments, the struggle for gender equality in governance and the lack of pan-African standards to guide and assess elections.
The book is published on behalf of Preconditions for an Elections Programme in Southern Africa (PEPSA), a joint initiative of MISA, the Netherlands Institute of Southern Africa, HIVOS and the Open Society Society Initiative for Southern Africa.
A PDF version of the book is available at http://www.misa.org/ballotbox.html
For more information on the publication, contact Jeanette Minnie: jcmin@iafrica.com
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