TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hilda Sangwa Schwaiger
PY  - 2022
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631874400
TI  - Limiting Electoral Violence in Zambia 2011-2016
T2  - Public Diplomacy, Smart Power and the Role of NGOs
DO  - 10.3726/b19484
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1246367
N2  - Electoral violence is a persistent problem in Zambia. This book is a case study of the usage, importance and impact of Public Diplomacy (PD) and Smart Power (SP) by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Zambia) and Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Zambia by means of collaborating with local NGOs – the Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) and the Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) to help elections take place among poor, uneducated voters without resorting to violence. General and by-election periods have for more than five decades generated an increased intensity of electoral violence by hired impoverished youth political cadres who are increasingly becoming more daring and lethal, capable of damaging property, inflicting injuries on victims or causing death. There is a growing urgent need for special-tailored programmes that target instigators and perpetrators of electoral violence – more definitely needs to be done besides efforts by international organisations. It is up to citizens, local NGOs and especially political parties and responsible public institutions to act in order to limit electoral violence in Zambia.
LA  - English
ER  -