A Coalition for Change? Role Orientations in the 12th Parliament of Botswana.

IF 0.7 4区 社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES
Journal of Southern African Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-04 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1080/03057070.2024.2476901
Anja Osei, Batlang Seabo
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Abstract

Botswana's parliamentary democracy features a weak parliament that is ineffective in law making and executive oversight. Conventional explanations emphasise a dominant party system that emerged following independence, lack of operational independence from the executive, and the poor capacity of parliament as factors that undermine its effectiveness. Using a novel dataset that is based on interviews with Members of Parliament (MPs) on a wide range of issues, including their role orientations, this article tests several interrelated hypotheses to investigate whether there is an emerging coalition for change. The article finds that there is a group of opposition MPs that constitutes a coalition for change because they are reform oriented, discuss parliamentary affairs and exercise executive oversight. We argue that this coalition for change is marked by a connected communication structure. The study furthers our understanding of the functioning of parliament as a core institution of Botswana's democracy.

变革联盟?博茨瓦纳第十二届议会的角色定位。
博茨瓦纳议会民主制的特点是议会力量薄弱,在立法和行政监督方面效率低下。传统的解释强调独立后出现的占主导地位的政党制度,缺乏独立于行政部门的运作独立性,以及议会能力低下,这些都是破坏其有效性的因素。本文使用了一个新颖的数据集,该数据集基于对国会议员(MPs)的广泛问题的采访,包括他们的角色取向,本文测试了几个相互关联的假设,以调查是否存在一个新兴的变革联盟。文章发现,有一群反对派议员组成了一个变革联盟,因为他们以改革为导向,讨论议会事务并行使行政监督。我们认为,这种变革联盟的特点是一个相互联系的沟通结构。这项研究进一步加深了我们对议会作为博茨瓦纳民主的核心机构的运作的理解。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Southern African Studies is an international publication for work of high academic quality on issues of interest and concern in the region of Southern Africa. It aims at generating fresh scholarly enquiry and rigorous exposition in the many different disciplines of the social sciences and humanities, and periodically organises and supports conferences to this end, sometimes in the region. It seeks to encourage inter-disciplinary analysis, strong comparative perspectives and research that reflects new theoretical or methodological approaches. An active advisory board and an editor based in the region demonstrate our close ties with scholars there and our commitment to promoting research in the region.
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