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  Seychelles National Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seychelles National Party is a liberal party in Seychelles.
The SNP was formed by the merger of three separate opposition parties in 1994: the Seychelles National Movement, led by Gabriel Hoarau; the National Alliance Party, led by Philippe Boullé (an independent presidential candidate in the 2001 presidential election); and Parti Seselwa, led by Wavel Ramkalawan.
 This political party- and liberalism-related article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seychelles_National_Party   (214 words)

  
 Party politics in Lebanon,1963-2000
The 1980 edition of Political Parties described Lebanon as a "confessional democracy" because of "the constitutional status accorded to its religious groupings, which are recognized by law as forming the basis for political representation" (Janda, 1980: 841).
The tendency for political parties to represent the interests of individual sectarian or ethnic groups--an inclination further cemented during the civil war from 1975-1989--has resulted in a party system that functions unlike the more familiar Western models.
Party membership is exclusively Armenian, and draws from a variety of social classes, though its leadership comes from the political and economic elite.
www.janda.org /ICPP/ICPP2000/Countries/7-MiddleEastNorthAfrica/76-Lebanon/Lebanon63-00.htm   (5496 words)

  
 Political Parties in the Legislature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
political control of the legislature does not guarantee a party control of the executive branch --since the chief executive is separately elected and may be from another party.
Parties in presidential systems are sometimes less structured, and failure to vote with one’s party does not threaten to bring down the government (though it might damage or even ruin one's political career).
The logic cited by the movement is that political parties in Uganda have historically contributed to regional, religious and ethnic cleavages and violence, and that the main opposition parties are internally undemocratic.
magnet.undp.org /docs/parliaments/partysystem1.htm   (2719 words)

  
 International IDEA | Political Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Political parties face differing challenges of voter disengagement in politics, unpredictable political landscapes, difficulties in properly representing the citizens and sometimes violent conflict.
Political parties in the world have largely failed to deal with gender imbalance in party leadership and nominations, thereby affecting the number of women in parliaments.
Research and dialogue on political parties - In the worldwide programme both the internal functioning and the external regulation of political parties is studied and discussed.
www.idea.int /parties/index.cfm   (665 words)

  
 NATIONAL PARTY (SOUTH AFRICA) FACTS AND INFORMATION
The National Party (Afrikaans: ''Nasionale Party'') (with its members sometimes known as ''Nationalists'' or ''Nats'') was the governing party of South_Africa from 1948 until 1994, and was disbanded in 2005.
The National Party was founded in Bloemfontein in 1914 by Afrikaner nationalists soon after the establishment of the Union_of_South_Africa.
The National Party remained in government, however, as a coalition partner to the ANC in the Government of National Unity until 1997, when it withdrew to become the Official Opposition.
www.bellabuds.com /National_Party_(South_Africa)   (1202 words)

  
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SWAPO is the ruling party, and all but one of the new government's first cabinet posts went to SWAPO members.
SWAPO has been a legal political party since its formation and was cautiously active in Namibia, although before implementation of the UN Plan, it was forbidden to hold meetings of more than 20 people, and its leadership was subject to frequent detention.
In 1999 presidential and parliamentary elections, SWAPO continued its history of political dominance, taking 55 of the 72 Assembly seats, and returning President Sam Nujoma to the office for his third term.
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Politics_of_Namibia   (778 words)

  
 National_Party_(South_Africa)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
The National Party (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from 1948 until 1994, and was disbanded in 2005.
The National Party was founded in Bloemfontein in 1914 by Afrikaner nationalists soon after the establishment of the Union of South Africa.
In a move unrecognized by the rest of the world, the former German colony of South West Africa (now Namibia), which South Africa had occupied in World War I, was effectively incorporated into South Africa as a fifth province, with seven members elected to represent it in the South African Parliament.
www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=National_Party_(South_Africa)   (1196 words)

  
 African Politics and Government on the Internet
Allen teachers African politics in the Politics Dept., Edinburgh University, is joint editor of the Review of African Political Economy and compiler of Africa Biblliography.
The Democrat Union of Africa (DUA) was launched by the New National Party of South Africa and the DTA of Namibia in March 1999.
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of D.Phil in the Department of Politics and International Relations in the Division of Social Studies at the University of Oxford.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/poli1.html   (8953 words)

  
 Iraqi political groupings and individuals
For this purpose, presented a list of 4000 recruits to Pentagon officials, of whom 1000 were selected on 17Dec02 to be given military training in Hungary with the U.S. Army's European Command, to provide the basis of a new Iraqi national army.
Campaigned for liberal democracy, political reform, land reform, progressive taxation and workers' rights, with limited engagement with international issues (though it did organise protests against the Portsmouth treaty, 1948); was part of the national front of 1957 (see ICP notes).
As communist parties were persecuted, a number of leftists joined the party; in response, Chadirchi urged the party to model itself on the British Labour Party, to distinguish itself from Marxists and radical nationalists.
middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html   (11453 words)

  
 Mozambique Political Parties and Liberation Movements
The same day, Jaume stated that the UDENAMO party flag was not equal to the proposed Monomotapa flag.
When in 1961 the first liberation movement was born two flags were designated: one for the party (UDENAMO) and other for a future independent Moçambique, that would receive the name of Monomotapa, an old african kingdom in that region.
The party logo is a circle, cut at the blue stripe, and shows a pangolin proper, on a shaded green background, from dark at the edge to light in the center, fimbriated yellow and fl; this fimbriation lacks at the cut out portion, on which rest the lettring "PDD", set in white sans capitals.
flagspot.net /flags/mz-polit.html   (513 words)

  
 List of Communist Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
There are, at present, a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world, and a number who used to be active.
The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the formation of the communist Third International by the Russian Bolsheviks.
Some Communist parties have names such as Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Workers' Party, etc. The parties on this list are mostly those that were aligned with either Moscow or Beijing during the Cold War and their offshoots.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-Communist-Parties.htm   (1078 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Middle East & North Africa: Syria
These included the release of some six hundred political prisoners under a presidential amnesty in November 2000, a January 2001 announcement that the emergency law in force since 1963 was "frozen" and "not applied," and the release in May 2001 of Nizar Nayouf, then the last remaining imprisoned human rights activist.
This called for political reform, including free elections, press freedom, the lifting of emergency law, and an end to the Ba'th party's political domination.
With regard to the death penalty, the HRC called for a reduction in the number of offenses punishable by death and asked the government to provide within one year the number of death sentences passed since 1990, the names of those condemned and the grounds on which they were sentenced, and the dates of executions.
www.hrw.org /wr2k2/mena8.html   (2181 words)

  
 International IDEA | Political Parties
Furthermore, political parties are undermined by factors like corruption, elitism, and top-down decision-making.
In 2004, a seminar took place on the representation of women in parliament in West Africa, following up on initiatives conducted in 2003 in conjunction with the launch of the French version of the Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers Handbook.
Study on Political Parties in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic
www.idea.int /africa/pp.cfm   (422 words)

  
 Elections in South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
South Africa (English: South Africa - Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika) is a country in Southern Africa.
Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 1 and on civil rights with a 2, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
South African Communist Party: communist party, candidates are included on the ANC list
www.electionworld.org /southafrica.htm   (251 words)

  
 Political parties, interest groups, and other movements around the world
List of political and non-profit organisations on the Internet, maintained by UC-Berkeley's Centre for Community Economic Research
America's Open Debates Foundation is a national foundation committed to networking existing "free election" organizations, every legitimate national party, ballot access and election reform movements into one cooperative, unified and powerful voice.
Third Parties '96 is a movement to build a new mainstream political party
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /parties.htm   (1003 words)

  
 Political Parties, World Politics, International Politics, World's Political Parties, Political Parties Sites - 123world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Click on the respective alphabet to begin your search for a particular political party or scroll down to the appropriate section beginning with that alphabet.
We have made sincere efforts to list the links of all the political parties of the world on the net.
However, if you do not find the official site of the political parties you are looking for, then use the feedback link at the bottom of this page to apprise us of the same.
123world.com /politics   (228 words)

  
 ETHIOPIA -- POLITICAL PARTIES
According to Ethiopia's proclamation for party registration issued in 1993, to receive a license a national party should have 1,500 founding members with 40 percent of them expected to be regular residents of a region and the rest at least permanently living in four regions.
A regional political party having 750 founding members with over 40 percent of them being permanent residents of a region can operate legally after registering and receiving a license.
The SEPDC was formed on March 11, 1992 as a coalition of ten political organizations that had seats in the Council of Representatives (transitional parliament) and representing five regions (7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) formed by proclamation n°7/1984 (1992).
www.angelfire.com /ak/sellassie/politics/parties.html   (3529 words)

  
 OxBlog
The off-the-cuff political commentary of David Adesnik and Patrick Belton, both graduate students in international relations at Oxford.
The author of the article is a member of the Yale Political Union's Liberal Party, of which Kerry was chair during his time as an undergraduate.
While the author begins his article with a self-effacing admission that "The political union is by no means a 'cool' organization," he proceeds to judge the character of a veteran Senator according to his behavior as a 21-year old.
oxblog.blogspot.com /2004_02_22_oxblog_archive.html   (6086 words)

  
 Iraqi In America: November 2004
Nationalist party: The Assembly For Republic Party led by Raad Mawlood Muklis.
Libral party: The Centrist Assembly Party led by Mahmood Mohammed Jawad.
The spiritual leader for the party is the religious merji' Aya Allah Al-Said Mohammed Taqi Al-Muderesi.
fayrouz.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_fayrouz_archive.html   (3871 words)

  
 Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Its U.S. postal abbreviation is ME. USS Maine was named in honor of this state.
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European Unitary Left/Nordic Green Left Party of European Socialists Union for a Europe of Nations By Country Albania Main article: List of political parties in Albania Agrarian Party of Albania Democratic Alliance Democratic Party Social Democratic Party...
www.tvnc.ca /college/Maine   (1102 words)

  
 This Modern World
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a list of the most important senators to reach, but call even if yours isn’t on the list.
Badr admires the political satires in “The Canterbury Tales” and “Gulliver’s Travels,” and Dost wrote some wicked lampoons in the 1990s, accusing Afghan mullahs of growing rich while preaching and organizing jihad.
Dick Cheney is now comfortably nestled deep in what can be politely called lunatic territory.  As I’ve been pointing out for years, twenty or thirty percent of Americans believe any insane thing you can imagine.
www.thismodernworld.com   (3477 words)

  
 Listings Maine: Political parties - Complete List
The Colby Democrats seek to inform the Colby campus about political issues, to facilitate student participation in political life, and to provide a connection to local, state, and national...
We are the official state representative to the National College Republicans Committee one of the oldest political youth organizations in the...
Western York County Politics A liberal blog dedicated to highlighting the buffoonery of conservative legislators in western and central York County Maine.
listingsus.com /Maine/Government/Political/complete.asp   (846 words)

  
 Political Science Internet Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
APSA: Political Methodology; American Political Science Association; Teaching Political Science; For Pol.
For techniques in evaluating web resources, see WCSU List: Social Research and Evaluation Resources.
Other WCSU lists of internet resources: [Anthropology] [Area Studies] [Economics] [Geography] [Social Sciences] [Sociology] [CSU and CT Libraries, Danbury and Misc.
www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu /socialsci/polscres.html   (348 words)

  
 AdmiNet - Africa
Macmillan in Africa - Publishing books for and about Africa since 1960.
Listen to all the best Salsa, Soukous, Zouk and Merengue from artist in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean....
Oh Africa : a poem by Robin CS Webb (zw)
adminet.com /africa   (355 words)

  
 Elections 2004
Lists major Presidential candidates and their ISSUE positions on Civilian Reserve, DC representation, economy, education, environment, job creation, health care, national security, and tax policy
Lists major Presidential candidates and their positions on Civilian Reserve, DC representation, economy, education, environment, job creation, health care, national security, and tax policy
List of all candidates for federal and state office on the November 2, 2004 ballot
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/elec2004.html   (6980 words)

  
 Politically-oriented Net Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
This section contains links to sites of political interest around the world.
Labour Party - UK Left Socialist Party of Denmark
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol)
www.polity.org.za /lists/polsites.html   (208 words)

  
 Leftist Parties of the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
This page contains the entire spectrum of political parties, organizations and groups which consider themselves to be leftist or have origins in leftist movements.
is an e-mail group about the history and the present state of leftist parties and groups.
If you are looking for progressive one issue movements or for leftist topics you should try the following page:
www.broadleft.org   (67 words)

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