Towards party supremacy: the changing pattern of relationships between the national assembly and the national executive committee of TANU before and after 1965

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Title:	Towards party supremacy: the changing pattern of relationships between the national assembly and the national executive committee of TANU before and after 1965
Author:	Msekwa, P.
Year:	1975
Periodical:	Taamuli: a Political Science Forum
Volume:	6
Issue:	1-2
Pages:	3-42
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Tanzania
Subjects:	one-party systems parliament
Abstract:	Study of decision-making relationship in Tanzania by focussing on the two most important national institutions, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of TANU and the National Assembly, and examining their relative positions within the political system with regard to decision-making. Since 1965, the year of Tanzania's formal constitutional change to a one-party state, the relationship between the National Assembly and the NEC has changed in the sense that whereas between independence and 1965 the National Assembly was generally acknowledged to be the supreme institution for policy-making and control, after 1965 this role was progressively taken over by the NEC. The capabilities for decision-making of each of the two bodies (e.g. manpower resources, procedures), in terms of competence and effectiveness, are also discussed. Notes.