Zambia's Second Republic: The Establishment of a One-Party State

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Title:	Zambia's Second Republic: The Establishment of a One-Party State
Author:	Pettman, Jan
Year:	1974
Periodical:	Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:	12
Issue:	2
Period:	June
Pages:	231-244
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zambia
Subjects:	one-party systems Politics and Government
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/159721
Abstract:	Zambia inherited a system of government and administration in 1964 which was ill-suited to the tasks of political development to which the new leaders were dedicated. After Independence the Government rested on a fragile base, without the support of agreed rules and practices to limit conflict, and without adequate instruments available for the implementation of its policies. So the search began for a more suitable political system. The Government became increasingly centralised, in the hands of the executive president (Kenneth Kaunda), based on a mass political party (the United National Independence Party) and a politicised civil service. This development is described in the following sections: U.N.I.P. and its opponents - The Commission to establish a one-party state - Opposition to the one-party state - The creation of a new system of government - Prospects for the one-party state, Notes.