THE HANDCUFFED ELECTION: The Engineered Vacuum - The Collapse of Political Competition and the Crisis of Legitimacy in Tanzania's 2025 Election Volume 11 of 12

The Engineered Vacuum examines one of the most consequential moments in Tanzania's contemporary political history: the 2025 general election and the crisis of legitimacy that followed.Moving beyond the question of who won the election, this volume asks a deeper question: what happens to democracy when political competition is weakened before citizens cast their votes?Through thirty analytical essa...