ATTITUDES TOWARDS DEMOCRACY
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ATTITUDES TOWARDS DEMOCRACY
UNDERSTANDING DEMOCRACY
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UNDERSTANDING DEMOCRACY - 2005
There are many ways to govern a country, would you disapprove or approve of the following alternative: One political party is allowed to stand for election and hold office; the army comes to govern the country; elections and Parliament are abolished so that the President can decide everything.
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Strongly disapprove/disapproveApprove/strongly approve
Which of the three statements is closet to your opinion? 1: Democracy is preferable to any other kind of government. 2: In some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable. 3: For someone like me, it doesn’t matter what kind of government we have.
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Democracy preferableIn some circurmstances, non-democraticDoesn't matter
Which of the three statements is closet to your opinion? 1: Democracy is preferable to any other kind of government. 2: In some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable. 3: For someone like me, it doesn’t matter what kind of government we have.
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Democracy preferable to any other kind of government
DEMOCRACY PREFERABLE – AFRICA
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Kenya
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Democracy preferable - 2008/2009
EXTENT OF DEMOCRACY
In your opinion, how much of a democracy is Zambia today?
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Not a democracyA democracy with major problemsA democracy with minor problemsA full democracyDon't understand question/democracyDon't know
SATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACY
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Not at all/Not very satisfied Fairly/Very satisfied
SATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACY – AFRICA (2008/9)
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Tanza
nia
Namibi
aMali
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Cape V
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Zambia
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Fairly/Very satisfied with the way democracy works in the country
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? 1: We should choose our leaders in this country through regular, open and honest elections. 2: Since elections sometimes produce bad results, we should adopt other methods for choosing this country’s leaders.
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Regular, open, honest electionsOther methods
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? 1: The best form of government is a government elected by its people. 2: The best form of government is a government that gets things done.
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Agree very strongly/Agree
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? 1: Political parties create division and confusion; it is therefore unnecessary to have many political parties in Zambia. 2: Many political parties are needed to make sure that Zambians have real choices in who governs them.
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Many political parties unnecessaryMany political parties needed
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? 1: Opposition parties should regularly examine and criticize government policies and actions. 2: Opposition parties should concentrate on cooperating with government and helping it develop the country.
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Examine and criticize/Concentrate on cooperating
OPPOSITION PARTIES CONCENTRATE ON COOPERATING WITH GOVERNMENT - SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION (2008/9)
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Concentrate on cooperating with government
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? 1: Traditional leaders must represent all their people equally. They should remain non-partisan, and not affiliate themselves with any political party. 2: Traditional leaders are citizens like everyone else, and have the right to decide for themselves whether to support a particular party.
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Agree/Agree very strongly
Which of the following statements is closest to your view? 1: To best serve their people, traditional leaders must remain independent of the government. They should not receive government salaries. 2: Traditional leaders serve their communities and government, and they should receive a salary from government for their work.
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LEGITIMACY AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST
For each of the following statements, please tell me whether you disagree or agree: courts have the right to make decisions people have to abide by; police have the right to make people obey the law; and the tax department (ZRA) has the right to make people pay taxes.
Courts Police Tax department0
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Strongly disagree/disagree Agree/strongly agree
How much do you trust each of the following, or haven’t you heard enough about them to say: Parliament, Electoral Commission, Local Council, Ruling party, Opposition political parties, Police, Courts of law, Traditional leaders.
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Not at all Just a little Somewhat/a lot
CONSTITUTION MAKING
Would you approve or disapprove each of the following: candidate to receive 50% plus one vote to be elected President; setting upper age limit for President; minimum education for MP; recalling non-performing MPs; appointment of Cabinet from outside Parliament.
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Strongly disapprove/disapproveApprove/Strongly approve
In your opinion, how should a revised Constitution be ratified or approved?
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Method of ratifying or approving revised Constitution