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SUMMARY:CGHR Research Group: Advocacy Groups and the New Political Dispens
 ation in Kenya and Zambia  - Bonfas Owinga\, City University London
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CONTACT:Gabriela Martinez
DESCRIPTION:Discussant: Dr Fred Okoth Mudhai (CGHR Research Associate\; Co
 ventry University)\n\nThe CGHR Research Group is a forum for graduate stud
 ents and early-career researchers from any department and disciplinary bac
 kground researching issues of governance and human rights in the global\, 
 regional\, and national contexts.\n\n*Abstract*\n\nIn the early 1990s\, ad
 vocacy organizations in both Kenya and Zambia played a significant role in
  the struggle for the restoration of democracy and the return to multi-par
 ty politics. As part of the larger pro-democracy movement\, the groups hel
 ped to organize mass demonstrations and protests and carried out civic edu
 cation in order to foster democratic transitions. In the post-transition p
 eriod the political dispensation has dramatically changed with an exponent
 ially expanded political space and the improvement in civil and political 
 rights in both countries that is critical for the work of advocacy groups.
  However\, these groups are finding it extremely difficult to adapt to the
  new political environment where they face an existential anxiety with con
 siderably reduced effectiveness in fostering the process of democratic con
 solidation.\n\nThis paper uses qualitative data obtained from both Kenya a
 nd Zambia to analyze the three fold dilemma facing advocacy groups: re-def
 ining their role in the new political dispensation\; crafting new tactics 
 and strategies for articulating demands that would contribute to democrati
 c consolidation\; and developing a new relationship with the new democrati
 c state. It will examine how these challenges have impacted on the role of
  these groups in the process of democratic consolidation in both Kenya and
  Zambia.\n\nMore information on the series is available here: http://mws.p
 olis.cam.ac.uk/cghr/research_research_group.html.
LOCATION:Room 138\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, 
 CB3 9DT
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