TAILIEUCHUNG - Democracy South Africa

Since 1994 the HSRC has conducted public opinon surveys to determine shifting patterns of support and perceptions of social issues and democracy. These surveys are condicted on a randomly selected national sample od 2200 adults. In addition the HSRC also conducts election studies. | Contents Free download from List of Figures List of Tables Acronyms 1 Introduction Evaluating Democracy and the 1999 Election in South Africa Yvonne Muthien 2 Democratic Consolidation in South Africa 1994-1999 Yvonne Muthien 3 The Independent Electoral Commission IEC The Quest for Free and Fair Elections Johan Olivier 4 Election Day Exit Poll Michael O Donovan 5 Eyes on the ground Fieldworker observations stephen Rule 6 Assessing the 1999 Election Machinery Views of Political Parties and other Stakeholders Richard Humphries 7 Voting in Action Focus Group and Workshop Findings Meshack Khosa 8 Outcome of the Election stephen Rule 9 Conclusion Exercising Democratic Citizenship Through Voting Policy Implications Yvonne Muthien and Meshack Khosa Free download from Chapter 1 Introduction Evaluating Democracy and the 1999 Election in South Africa YVONNE MUTHIEN Since South Africa s first democratic election in 1994 the country witnessed a large-scale transformation from a racially exclusive apartheid regime to a democratic system premised on constitutionalism the rule of law the protection of individual and civil liberties institutions of accountability and the construction of a new state with both a transformation and developmental agenda. These gains can only be sustained and enhanced if elections are held regularly in a free and fair manner and within a legitimate electoral and political system. South Africa embarked on the road of sustaining and enhancing its democracy by holding its first follow-up election in 1999. The election also created the opportunity to measure the extent of democratic consolidation to date by gauging public perceptions of and citizen participation in democratic institutions. Election studies generally elicit a variety of debates on public participation political socialisation shifting patterns of political support and the socioeconomic underpinnings of voting behaviour and party

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