By Kondwani Chirambo

The challenge posed by AIDS to socioeconomic development has been widely researched and acknowledged, but the threat to politics has been less understood. This study demonstrates far-reaching political implications of the pandemic, including that the First-Past-the-Post electoral system is being rendered economically unsustainable as deaths mount among relatively young elected leaders. Multiple by-elections to replace leaders carry political and economic costs. Also, the loss of elected representatives often leaves districts without representation for long periods and distorts power relations in national parliaments.

Published 2006, 64 pages, R60 incl VAT, ISBN 1-920118-23-3

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