What on earth is a ruling party in a multiparty democracy? : musings and ruminations of an armchair critic / / Mubanga E. Kashoki

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463869903321
• Autore: Kashoki Mubanga E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lusaka, Zambia : , : Gadsden Publishers, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 9982-24-092-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (138 p.)
• Disciplina: 309.1689404
• Soggetti: Language policy - Zambia; Electronic books.; Zambia Politics and government; Zambia Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contents; PART ONE - ON CULTURE IN GENERAL; Chapter 1 - The Place of the Miniskirt Sociocultural Development; Chapter 2 - Preservation and Conservation in the Context of National Development; Chapter 3 - Tips for Journalists and other Writers when Writing about Issues Concerning Culture; PART TWO - ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE; Chapter 4 - What on earth is a ruling party in a multiparty democracy?; Chapter 5 - Delinking Political Parties from the Government; Chapter 6 - Insaka: Does it Mean Dialogue?; Chapter 7 - Which Citizen in Zambia should not take part in (partisan) Politics?Chapter 8 - Citizenship: Is one Citizen more Zambian than the other?; Chapter 9 - The Need to Evolve a Culture of Political Tolerance and Coexistence in Zambia; PART THREE - ON LANGUAGE VIS-A-VIS THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN AFRICA; Chapter 10 - Some Thoughts on the Future of African and European Languages in Africa; Chapter 11 - Language and the Future Citizen of Zambia; Chapter 12 - Towards the Formulation and Adoption of Appropriate Beneficil Language and Practices in Zambia's Public and Private Broadcasting Media institutionsChapter 13 - Responding to Challenge: ; The African University as a Catalyst in the Practical Promotion of African Languages; PART FOUR - ON CIVIL RESISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT; Chapter 14 - Reflections on Henry David Thoreau's Treatise on Civil Disobedience: Implications for Democratic Governance in Zambia; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The primary objective of What on Earth is a Ruling Party in a Multiparty Democracy? is to provoke thought and thereby stimulate debate. To this end, provocatively, this collection of topical issues ranges from 'The place of the miniskirt in sociocultural development' to 'Which citizen in Zambia should not take part in (partisan) politics?' The Author, Mubanga E Kashoki, is a Professor of African Languages at the institute of Economic and Social Research in the University of Zambia.