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019672
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July 2001.
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333-343
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019675
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July 2001.
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379-390
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India's 1998 general elections produced a hung parliament in which the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the largest party. The government was a minority administration in which a number of individual parties were in a pivotal position. After a confidence vote a year later the government fell and, when fresh elections were scheduled for September 1999, it was decided that a number of state assembly elections should be held at the same time. The slow disintegration of the centrist Janata Dal, the rise of the BJP and the emergence of regional parties on the national stage illustrate the collapse of the dominant Congress party system.
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019674
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July 2001.
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357-377
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Immediate reaction to the army's counter coup in Pakistan in October 1999 was broadly favourable from the public at large. But Pakistan has suffered cyclical problems of governance stemming from a weak political culture and an overdeveloped state (basically colonial in its origins and present functioning) together with several economic distortions, numerous ideological dissensions and regional challenges. The main challenges for the new military-led regime are to establish a tenable legitimacy to construct a broadly acceptable system of accountability and to induct a transparent system of governance based on proper constitutional and electoral norms. Pakistan's overall political and economic situation is becoming more complex, dispiriting and confusing.
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019673
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July 2001.
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345-356
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In the post Cold War world of the 21st century, Pakistan finds itself isolated and at odds with the international community. The United States, the world's sole superpower, and its G-7 allies, after defeating their rival the Soviet Union and ending its strategic threat, have started to confidently determine the fate of global politics. The fall of the Berlin Wall formalized the collapse of the Soviet Union and the triumph of Western liberal democracies over authoritarian Communism. In the words of a commentator, William Lind, the 'civil war of Western Civilization' was over. A new Unipolar World Order, under the United States domination, was established. The world has been made safe for democracy and the dividends of peace and prosperity were to follow through the forces of free market economies and Western advanced technologies. Regional conflicts are controlled either directly by the guardians of the new order, or through the United Nations.
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019676
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July 2001.
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391-399
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Ghanaians went to the polls twice in December 2000, for the third time since democracy was restored to the country in 1992, to elect a new parliament and President. International observers were invited by the Ghanaian government, for the third consecutive time, to monitor the elections. All these observers were provided by the British government under the auspices of a United Kingdom Mission. After an inconclusive outcome to the Presidential vote, a Run-Off became necessary. The following observations are based exclusively on the Run-Off. An analysis of the election result, and recommendations for the future improvements, is also included.
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