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The Digital Party 数字派对
Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.36615/40qt8n07
Edwin Babeiya
Over two centuries political parties have stood as one of influential organizations in humankind. Besides playing several functions such as capturing and exercising state power, political socialization and interest aggregation, these organizations have not been free from controversies. At the centre of these controversies is the mass-elite divide which Robert Michels referred to as Iron Law of Oligarchy. Michel’s revelation was a revelation that elite interests were not necessarily compatible with those of the mass. This observation notwithstanding, political parties have remained the very influential actors in politics irrespective of some speculations that globalization is likely to lead to the withering away of political parties and the nation-state. 
两个多世纪以来,政党一直是人类具有影响力的组织之一。除了发挥获取和行使国家权力、政治社会化和利益聚合等多种功能外,这些组织也并非没有争议。这些争议的核心是罗伯特-米歇尔斯(Robert Michels)称之为 "寡头政治铁律"(Iron Law of Oligarchy)的大众与精英之分。米歇尔的启示是,精英利益不一定与大众利益一致。尽管存在这一观点,但政党仍然是政治中极具影响力的行为体,尽管有人猜测全球化可能导致政党和民族国家的消亡。
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Africa beyond Political Sovereignty 超越政治主权的非洲
Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.36615/daqqe048
Siphamandla Zondi
This year marks 60 years since the establishment of the first inter-state institution for Africa, the Organisation of African Unity. It was established principally to support the achievement of independence and political freedom by African colonies during a decade that is associated with the idea of winds of change. Political sovereignty through the control of the nation-state was seen as critical to the achievement of the ideals of Pan-Africanism, including African unity, African pride, cohesion, and common African prosperity.
今年是非洲第一个国家间机构--非洲统一组织成立 60 周年。成立该组织的主要目的是支持非洲殖民地在与变革之风相关的十年间实现独立和政治自由。通过控制民族国家实现政治主权被视为实现泛非主义理想的关键,包括非洲团结、非洲自豪感、凝聚力和非洲共同繁荣。
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Old Age Poverty 老年贫困
Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.36615/56apwk71
Sikanyiso Masuku, Sizo Nkala, A. Benhura
Despite having over 500 000 pensioners, Zimbabwe is far from guaranteeing its elderly an effective social security system. The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) – is embroiled in numerous cases of corruption. Similar criticisms have also been levelled against personal pension schemes with the living potential of pensioners in Zimbabwe (who receive in some cases less than US$1 monthly), continuing to deteriorate. In contributing new data to the understudied phenomenon of the old age pensions industry in Zimbabwe, this study interviewed a purposively drawn sample of bureaucrats from NSSA and pensioners in three provinces. Profound challenges in decommodification – attributes of a zero accountability status quo and a tokenistic, non-transformative old age social security regime were noted with numerous recommendations being proffered. Old age pension administrators failure to define and maintain measurable social indicators was argued in the study as partly contributing to their inability to ensure compliance to their primary mandate of providing a social security net for pension contributors.
尽管津巴布韦有 50 多万养老金领取者,但却远不能保证其老年人享有有效的社会保障体系。国家社会保障局(NSSA)卷入了多起腐败案件。个人养老金计划也受到了类似的批评,津巴布韦养老金领取者(在某些情况下,他们每月领取的养老金不足 1 美元)的生活潜力持续恶化。为了给研究不足的津巴布韦养老金行业现象提供新的数据,本研究有针对性地抽取了三个省份的国家社会保险局官员和养老金领取者进行访谈。研究人员注意到了 "非商品化 "所面临的严峻挑战--零问责制现状的属性以及象征性的、非改革性的老年社会保障制度,并提出了许多建议。研究认为,养老金管理者未能确定和维持可衡量的社会指标,是导致其无法确保履行为养老金缴费者提供社会保障网这一首要任务的部分原因。
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The Complexity of the Intersectionality of Domestic and International Non-Governmental Peacebuilding Organisations in South Sudan 南苏丹国内和国际非政府建设和平组织交叉性的复杂性
Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.36615/2xbk4h64
Emmaculate Asige Liaga
As peace operations and peacebuilding develop, recent discussions have centred on the growth of peacebuilding literature on inclusivity, bottom-up and local approaches. Given that a substantial number of peacebuilding is conducted by Non-governmental organisations, which occupy a middle level to governments and community levels, the paper unpacks the complexity of the interaction of the international and domestic middle-level organisations. The paper presents a case study of South Sudan’s experience, which proves difficult to operationalize the critical inclusivity debates in their operations. The article argues that although there is more participation of local organizations in peacebuilding, the internal and external organizations are still riddled with complex intersections that still maintain the liberal (international) order of peace constituted by a specific form of external governance.
随着和平行动与建设和平的发展,最近的讨论集中在包容性、自下而上和地方方法等建设和平文献的增长上。鉴于大量的建设和平工作是由非政府组织开展的,它们处于政府和社区的中间层,本文探讨了国际和国内中间层组织互动的复杂性。本文对南苏丹的经验进行了案例研究,事实证明南苏丹很难在其行动中落实至关重要的包容性辩论。文章认为,虽然地方组织更多地参与了建设和平,但内部和外部组织仍然充满了复杂的交集,它们仍然维持着由特定形式的外部治理构成的自由(国际)和平秩序。
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An Afrocentric Revisit of Zuma led South Africa-China Relations, 2013-2017: Mutually Beneficial or Not 以非洲为中心的祖马领导下的南中关系:2013-2017:互利与否
Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.36615/ajps.v10i2.1483
D. Maphaka
Zuma’s administration remains the subject of scholarly debate and critics with many sections of the South African society calling it a nine wasted years. South Africa-China relations deepened largely during Zuma’s administration, specifically between 2013 and 2017. While the question of whether the relationship is mutually beneficial received large scholarly attention, the interrogation of this research phenomenon has not received attention from an Afrocentric lens. In view of the above, the current article revisits South Africa-China relations during Zuma’s administration to identify the benefits and challenges brought by the relationship using an Afrocentric perspective. In so doing, the article looks at South Africa-China cooperation in areas as cultural and academic exchange, financial trade, wildlife conservation and tourism. Methodologically, this a desktop qualitative article that relied heavily on secondary data and the collected data is analysed through discourse, and document analysis.
祖马的政府仍然是学术辩论和批评的主题,南非社会的许多部门称其为浪费的九年。在祖马执政期间,特别是2013年至2017年期间,南非与中国的关系在很大程度上得到了深化。虽然这种关系是否互惠的问题得到了大量的学术关注,但对这一研究现象的质疑并没有得到非洲中心透镜的关注。鉴于此,本文将以非洲中心主义的视角重新审视祖马执政期间的中南关系,以确定这种关系带来的好处和挑战。在此过程中,文章着眼于南非与中国在文化和学术交流、金融贸易、野生动物保护和旅游等领域的合作。在方法上,这是一篇大量依赖二手数据的桌面定性文章,通过论述和文献分析来分析收集到的数据。
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Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.36615/ajps.v10i2.1482
Ameen Abdulkadir
The paper examined the contributions of party system to democratic development in Africa. Democratic governance and meaningful elections have long been considered unachievable in the absence of political parties and party competition. This is because party system institutionalization is important for the consolidation of democracy. Democracy instead of being the bedrock of good governance stayed on as an unfulfilled promise because the method of power acquisition remained basically authoritarian and functioned on the basis of a hierarchy of networks and alliances with local tribe, ethnic group or through top-down utter sovereignty of institutions that choke the grassroots politicization of society which had been the moral fibre of the process of democratization. To this end, it was discovered that the relationship between political parties, electoral volatility and democracy in Africa cannot be addressed unconnectedly. The paper therefore recommends that; assumptions about the trajectory and outcomes of democratic development in Africa need to be more effectively investigated on the basis of empirically informed analysis of operationalized politics in these systems. It is important to bear in mind that most of the electoral systems, laws, institutions and constitutions that govern elections in Africa were inherited from colonialism. Electoral politics came as a proposed solution to other socio-economic and political problems. This therefore calls for an amendment to these electoral processes in order to mirror the present realities in Africa as well as adhere to best practice as it is in developed democracies. It is contended that if an electoral system is to append value to democracy, it must promote the accountability of the elected representatives to their constituencies which could be furnished through strong political parties. The paper relied on secondary data using descriptive analytical method.
本文考察了政党制度对非洲民主发展的贡献。长期以来,在没有政党和政党竞争的情况下,民主治理和有意义的选举被认为是无法实现的。这是因为政党制度制度化对于巩固民主主义至关重要。民主并没有成为良好治理的基石,而是作为一个未实现的承诺继续存在,因为权力获取的方法基本上仍然是专制的,它的运作基于网络的等级制度,以及与当地部落、种族群体的联盟,或者通过自上而下的完全主权机构,这些机构扼杀了社会的基层政治化,而基层政治化曾是民主化过程的道德基础。为此目的,人们发现,非洲政党、选举动荡和民主之间的关系不能分开处理。因此,该文件建议;关于非洲民主发展的轨迹和结果的假设需要在对这些系统中运作政治的经验分析的基础上进行更有效的调查。重要的是要记住,管理非洲选举的大多数选举制度、法律、机构和宪法都是从殖民主义继承下来的。选举政治是为了解决其他社会经济和政治问题而提出的。因此,这就要求对这些选举进程进行修正,以反映非洲目前的现实,并遵循发达民主国家的最佳做法。有人认为,如果选举制度要赋予民主价值,就必须促进当选代表对其选民负责,而这种负责可以通过强大的政党来实现。本文采用描述性分析方法,以二手数据为依据。
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Power-sharing and Identity-Politics Transformation in Zanzibar, Tanzania 坦桑尼亚桑给巴尔的权力分享与身份政治转型
Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.36615/ajps.v10i2.1362
M. Haji
Zanzibar has had a long unsettled political history from its colonial era to radicalized post-colonial politics. The core source of such politics is the cosmopolitan nature of the isles whereby races and identities reside on the island for a long time. Such nature made the political and social groups categorized and differentiated from others through identity. As a result, the struggle for the owner and ruler of the island becomes a high concern among the groups in the society. This situation resulted in turbulent politics for many years with violence, killings, and hostility. In 2010, Zanzibar inters in the negotiation to solve the political problem that marred the island for a long time. The Government of National Unity (GNU) which involves the sharing of power between the first and second winners was agreed upon as the structure of the leadership style of Zanzibar. This was done through referendum and constitution amendment. As political identity theory reveals that; political elites use identity groups for their political benefits. They organized and influence their political activities through the identity they are familiar with. So, in solving such an identity politics problem, the identity tragedy must be transformed and accommodated the rational politics. This paper seeks to examine the extent to which power-sharing transforms identity-based politics and is accommodated in Zanzibar. The study was conducted in three districts to represent Zanzibar. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from five in-depth interviews and two hundreds and eight seven questionnaires respectively. The in-depth interviews involved the GNU's current and former top leaders, members of the Cabinets, and political activists.  The questionnaire involves the citizens from districts Mjini, Micheweni, and Kusini.  The study found that to some extent the power-sharing successes in reducing the exercises of identity politics in Zanzibar. Three angles have been justifying that reduction. First is the existence and increase of political trust in society to large extent. The second one is the equal treatment of all identity groups, races, and regions by government institutions and society. The Last one is the exercises of political activities without the influence of historical and identity political narrations. This study pinpoints two important aspects of transformational identity politics through power-sharing. The first one is the role of leadership in transforming the mindset and bringing people together. The second one is social change due to generations' natural changes and opportunities. The study concludes that power-sharing can be the source of identity transformation from worst uses to recognition in the society. This will happen only if the power-sharing institution is set to consider the potentiality of mutual recognition of self and respecting social, cultural, and ideological differences in society.
从殖民时代到激进的后殖民政治,桑给巴尔有着漫长而不稳定的政治历史。这种政治的核心来源是岛屿的世界性,因此种族和身份长期居住在岛上。这种性质使政治和社会群体通过身份与他人进行分类和区分。因此,争夺岛屿所有者和统治者的斗争成为社会各群体高度关注的问题。这种情况导致了多年的政治动荡,充斥着暴力、杀戮和敌意。2010年,桑给巴尔参与了解决长期困扰该岛的政治问题的谈判。民族团结政府(GNU)涉及第一名和第二名获胜者之间的权力分享,被认为是桑给巴尔领导风格的结构。这是通过全民公决和修宪实现的。正如政治认同理论所揭示的;政治精英利用身份群体谋取政治利益。他们通过自己熟悉的身份来组织和影响自己的政治活动。因此,在解决这一身份政治问题时,必须对身份悲剧进行改造,使之适应理性政治。本文试图考察权力分享在多大程度上改变了以身份为基础的政治,并在桑给巴尔得以适应。这项研究是在代表桑给巴尔的三个地区进行的。定性和定量数据分别通过5次深度访谈和207份问卷收集。深入的采访涉及了GNU的现任和前任最高领导人、内阁成员和政治活动家。问卷调查涉及来自Mjini、Micheweni和Kusini地区的公民。研究发现,在某种程度上,权力分享成功地减少了桑给巴尔的身份政治。有三个角度证明了这种减少是合理的。一是社会政治信任在很大程度上的存在和增加。二是政府机构和社会对所有身份群体、种族和地区的平等对待。最后一种是不受历史和身份政治叙事影响的政治活动练习。本研究通过权力分享指出了转型身份政治的两个重要方面。第一个是领导力在转变思维方式和将人们聚集在一起方面的作用。第二是由于几代人的自然变化和机遇造成的社会变化。该研究得出结论,权力分享可能是身份从最糟糕的用途转变为社会认可的来源。只有当权力分享机构考虑到相互承认自我和尊重社会、文化和意识形态差异的可能性时,这才会发生。
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Kwame Nkrumah and the Pan-African Ideal: Debates and Contestations 夸梅·恩克鲁玛与泛非理想:辩论与争论
Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.36615/ajps.v10i2.1412
Garth L. le Pere
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Afrocentric Critique of World Systems Analysis as a Critical Theory in International Relations 作为国际关系批判理论的世界系统分析的非洲中心主义批判
Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.36615/ajps.v10i2.1317
M. Rapanyane, K. Shai
In this research paper, authors provide a comprehensive overview and critique of the World System Analysis (also read as World System theory). This central focus is driven by the need to bring about a fair and justifiable explanation of the theory and appreciation by examining the work critically as the most persuasive theory in international relations. The aim of this paper is to bring about world system analysis as the best tool in analysing the world politics, understanding world history and key reasons for imperialism, and why core countries such as the United States of America (USA), China and etc., often intervene in world crises through grants and other forms of aid. The authors argue that the world system theory, unlike the dependency theory, is broader in perspective and place the world as a centre of attention in the analysis of the world economic distribution instead of the nation-state. Equally, it can also be deployed in understanding global inequality, dependency and power. The above argument which is achieved through the use of a qualitative approach that has taken the form of the adoption of secondary materials and the Afrocentric paradigm. In this research paper, authors provide a comprehensive overview and critique of the World System Analysis (also read as World System theory). This central focus is driven by the need to bring about a fair and justifiable explanation of the theory and appreciation by examining the work critically as the most persuasive theory in international relations. The aim of this paper is to bring about world system analysis as the best tool in analysing the world politics, understanding world history and key reasons for imperialism, and why core countries such as the United States of America (USA), China and etc., often intervene in world crises through grants and other forms of aid. The authors argue that the world system theory, unlike the dependency theory, is broader in perspective and place the world as a centre of attention in the analysis of the world economic distribution instead of the nation-state. Equally, it can also be deployed in understanding global inequality, dependency and power. The above argument which is achieved through the use of a qualitative approach that has taken the form of the adoption of secondary materials and the Afrocentric paradigm.
在这篇研究论文中,作者对世界系统分析(也称为世界系统理论)进行了全面的概述和批判。这一中心焦点是由需要带来一个公平和合理的解释理论和赞赏,通过审查工作,批判性地作为最有说服力的理论在国际关系。本文的目的是将世界体系分析作为分析世界政治,理解世界历史和帝国主义的关键原因的最佳工具,以及为什么美国(USA),中国等核心国家经常通过赠款和其他形式的援助来干预世界危机。作者认为,与依赖理论不同,世界体系理论的视角更广阔,将世界作为世界经济分布分析的关注中心,而不是民族国家。同样,它也可以用来理解全球的不平等、依赖和权力。上述论点是通过采用二级材料和非洲中心范式的定性方法来实现的。在这篇研究论文中,作者对世界系统分析(也称为世界系统理论)进行了全面的概述和批判。这一中心焦点是由需要带来一个公平和合理的解释理论和赞赏,通过审查工作,批判性地作为最有说服力的理论在国际关系。本文的目的是将世界体系分析作为分析世界政治,理解世界历史和帝国主义的关键原因的最佳工具,以及为什么美国(USA),中国等核心国家经常通过赠款和其他形式的援助来干预世界危机。作者认为,与依赖理论不同,世界体系理论的视角更广阔,将世界作为世界经济分布分析的关注中心,而不是民族国家。同样,它也可以用来理解全球的不平等、依赖和权力。上述论点是通过采用二级材料和非洲中心范式的定性方法来实现的。
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No Linear Path to Liberation: A Comment on the Political Biography of H. Selby Msimang 没有直线的解放之路——评塞尔比·姆西曼的政治传记
Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.36615/ajps.v10i2.1334
Bongani Ngqulunga
Review Article    
评论文章
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