Volume 14       Number 1 2000                        ISSN 0256.2316
  (Issue #22)
  Botswana Journal of African Studies
                                                   '"
                                             Special Issue
               'Elections and Democracy in Botswana'
~             '"             Edited by Mpho G. Mo/omo
                  "                "     Contents include
                        Democracy and a weak opposition
     ~              Democracy under siege by Presidency
                                        1999 voters survey
                  "           Declining voter participation
                       . Youth and electoral participation
                             Alternative electoral systems
                             . Opinion polls in Botswana


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                                       Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies
                                                         Volume 14 Number 1 2000
                                      Contents
                Special Issue: Elections and Democracy in Botswana
      Introduction
                Mpho G. Molomo
 3   Democracy in the face of a weak opposition in Botswana
               Brian T. Mokopakgosi & Mpho G. Molomo
 23  Governance and Elections: enhancing local democracy in Botswana
               MogopodiLekorwe
 36  Economic conditions and election outcomes in Botswana: is the relationship
     spurious?
               T. C. Matsheka & M.Z Botlhomilwe
 47  Declining voter participation in Botswana: trends and patterns
               Dorothy Mpabanga
59   Demographic factors and party preferences in Botswana: a 1999 voters' survey
               Zitha S. Mokomane
65   The decline in the role of chieftainship in elections
               Geoffrey Barei
76   Widening the frontiers of democracy: towards a transformative agenda in
    Botswana politics
              Gloria Somolekae
85  Youth and electoral participation in Botswana
              Tidimane Ntsabane & Chris Ntau
95  Democracy under siege: the Presidency and executive powers in Botswana
              Mpho G. Molomo
109 In search of an alternative electoral system for Botswana
              Mpho G. Molomo
122 Opinion polls in Botswana
              W.B. Molefe & B.S. Mguni