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Where does the Money Go? A Qualitative Analysis of Swedish Democracy Promotion in Tanzania

Theys, Anne Eliassen LU (2022) SIMZ31 20221
Graduate School
Abstract (Swedish)
Ever since its regime transition, Tanzania has been ruled by one single party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Still, Tripp (2012) underlines that Tanzania remains a ”donor darlings” as foreign donors continue to heavily invest in the country’s prospect of democratisation. Yet, despite twenty-seven years of international effort to promote the democratisation of Tanzania, the country remains to this day a competitive-authoritarian regime. Why has democratic aid not further fostered the democratisation of the United Republic of Tanzania?
Following Bader and Faust’s (2014) argument that the concept of political survival is of particular relevance when studying the impact of democracy promotion, this thesis approaches this question through... (More)
Ever since its regime transition, Tanzania has been ruled by one single party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Still, Tripp (2012) underlines that Tanzania remains a ”donor darlings” as foreign donors continue to heavily invest in the country’s prospect of democratisation. Yet, despite twenty-seven years of international effort to promote the democratisation of Tanzania, the country remains to this day a competitive-authoritarian regime. Why has democratic aid not further fostered the democratisation of the United Republic of Tanzania?
Following Bader and Faust’s (2014) argument that the concept of political survival is of particular relevance when studying the impact of democracy promotion, this thesis approaches this question through the neorealist lens of the selectorate theory. As this theory argues that state policies and strategies are driven by their leaders’ incentives to retain power, both in the context of democracies and autocracies, this paper examines Swedish and Tanzanian development goals and democracy promotion strategies and perspectives. Through the use of a combination of reflexive thematic document analysis and semi-structured expert interviews, this qualitative study finds that through the power of its sovereignty, it is Tanzania’s will not to further democratise that has trumped Swedish democracy promotion initiatives. These results hence not only emphasise the importance of taking into consideration recipient perspective when studying foreign aid, but also supports that hybrid regimes should be considered as such; rather than more democratic and willing to democratise than they may be. (Less)
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author
Theys, Anne Eliassen LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMZ31 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
democracy promotion, political survival, regime transition, sovereignty, Tanzania.
language
English
id
9083669
date added to LUP
2022-06-23 10:55:54
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2022-06-23 10:55:54
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  abstract     = {{Ever since its regime transition, Tanzania has been ruled by one single party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Still, Tripp (2012) underlines that Tanzania remains a ”donor darlings” as foreign donors continue to heavily invest in the country’s prospect of democratisation. Yet, despite twenty-seven years of international effort to promote the democratisation of Tanzania, the country remains to this day a competitive-authoritarian regime. Why has democratic aid not further fostered the democratisation of the United Republic of Tanzania? 
Following Bader and Faust’s (2014) argument that the concept of political survival is of particular relevance when studying the impact of democracy promotion, this thesis approaches this question through the neorealist lens of the selectorate theory. As this theory argues that state policies and strategies are driven by their leaders’ incentives to retain power, both in the context of democracies and autocracies, this paper examines Swedish and Tanzanian development goals and democracy promotion strategies and perspectives. Through the use of a combination of reflexive thematic document analysis and semi-structured expert interviews, this qualitative study finds that through the power of its sovereignty, it is Tanzania’s will not to further democratise that has trumped Swedish democracy promotion initiatives. These results hence not only emphasise the importance of taking into consideration recipient perspective when studying foreign aid, but also supports that hybrid regimes should be considered as such; rather than more democratic and willing to democratise than they may be.}},
  author       = {{Theys, Anne Eliassen}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Where does the Money Go? A Qualitative Analysis of Swedish Democracy Promotion in Tanzania}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}