{"product_id":"limiting-electoral-violence-in-zambia-2011-2016","title":"Limiting Electoral Violence in Zambia 2011-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eElectoral violence is a persistent problem in Zambia. This book is a case study of the usage,\u003cbr\u003eimportance and impact of Public Diplomacy (PD) and Smart Power (SP) by the United\u003cbr\u003eStates Agency for International Development (USAID\/Zambia) and Friedrich-Ebert\u003cbr\u003eStiftung (FES) in Zambia by means of collaborating with local NGOs – the Foundation\u003cbr\u003efor Democratic Process (FODEP) and the Southern African Centre for the Constructive\u003cbr\u003eResolution of Disputes (SACCORD) to help elections take place among poor, uneducated\u003cbr\u003evoters without resorting to violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral and by-election periods have for more than five decades generated an increased\u003cbr\u003eintensity of electoral violence by hired impoverished youth political cadres who are\u003cbr\u003eincreasingly becoming more daring and lethal, capable of damaging property, inflicting\u003cbr\u003einjuries on victims or causing death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a growing urgent need for special-tailored programmes that target instigators and\u003cbr\u003eperpetrators of electoral violence – more definitely needs to be done besides efforts by\u003cbr\u003einternational organisations. It is up to citizens, local NGOs and especially political parties\u003cbr\u003eand responsible public institutions to act in order to limit electoral violence in Zambia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57260093145432,"sku":"9783631874394","price":74.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783631874394.jpg?v=1778377531","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/limiting-electoral-violence-in-zambia-2011-2016","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}