Word: oppositionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Becalmed Republic. Though some overenthusiastic reporters hailed Rocard as "the first swallow of a Socialist spring," his victory will hardly bring red flags and barricades into the elegant Bourbon Palace, where the Assembly meets. He is, after all, the only Deputy representing the P.S.U. so far. Moreover, under unwritten parliamentary...
Tribalism is a distasteful word to educated Africans. It suggests that atavistic fears play a disproportionate role in the politics of new African nations. Distasteful or not, tribalism is a key to many African problems-a point that was made all too emphatically in Kenya last week. President Jomo Kenyatta...
Almost simultaneously with the banning of KPU-the sole opposition party -the Kenya government announced that it would ask Parliament to adjourn this week in preparation for elections expected late this year. With the opposition out of action, it should be just the sort of campaign that Kenyatta and his...
When full-scale national election campaigning began three months ago, the ruling Liberal coalition was expected to have little difficulty protecting its majority of 38 in the 125-seat Parliament. Last week, with the final votes still being counted, it was apparent that the Liberals held power-but only just...
The young lawyers who run the OEO Legal Services Program see themselves as ombudsmen for the poor. As such, they do more than represent individual indigents in minor court actions. They also sue state and local governments on behalf of welfare recipients, migrant workers and other large groups of poor...