Globally, there’s no concrete evidence on whether political parties got re-elected (or elected) on the back of governance issues; at the moment, it’s an open debate, says A. Sandeep
A utopian world would have been one in which globally,
all governments got re-elected or elected only on the basis of their performance on various governance indicators. Such indicators, as defined by The World Bank, include accountability with respect to civil liberties, political stability, effectiveness of the government, corruption, and the rule of law. India’s former President, A.P J. Abdul Kalam agrees, and feels that “when a political leader performs in a state and realises economic prosperity of the state using development politics, he or she will definitely succeed in getting re-elected.” Utopian is what we mentioned, and many pockets of global politics, like social relationships, are a million miles away from this logic.
Good governance is supposed to directly reflect on a contry’s development, both economically and socially. Expectably, countries that have thrived on religious fundamentalism have seen only a ghost of a relation between a political party’s contribution to growth and development, and the chances of the party getting elected. Distinguished political analyst, George C. Edwards, Editor, Presidential Studies Quarterly, explains, “Religious faith is important as a qualification for office in many parts of the world and is the source of conflict in southern Asia, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and elsewhere too. Even social issues like abortion are directly connected with religion.”
The Palestine issue is one telling example, with many pockets in West Asia mirroring the situation. Aly Fayyad, the spokesperson for Hezbollah’s Political wing, thinks that “development is neither an election plank nor of primary concern in West Asia. To win an election solely based on the development plank is just impossible. Here, we’re more concerned about issues like terrorism, Arab Nationalism and relocation of refugees.” But don’t these nations fall short on various development indices? “No, it does not necessarily mean that we are an underdeveloped lot. Countries like Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen and Iran can give most of the so-called developed countries of South and South East Asia a run for their money. We fare better than most of them even on UNDP’s Human Development Index scale.” So, in countries that are plagued with terrorism and instability, development can happen although it may not be on the main electoral agenda.
y this mentality, Europe stands divided. Alina Mungio-Pippidi, celebrated political analyst at Scoala Nationala de Stiinte Politice si Administrative, Bucharest, says, “It is pretty difficult to club Europe in one league. While in Western Europe, people do give more importance to issues such as economic policy, the same cannot be said of Eastern Europe; issues in the latter region are more related to race and ethnicity that play a role in election results.”
Truly so, while countries like Finland – ranked by The World Bank amongst the global top three on various governance factors – might stand pristinely tall, countries like Poland are ready to take the hit. In 2005, the fundamentalist grandiloquent Kaczynski twin brothers in Poland came to power; one became President and the other Prime Minister. Though the supposed election promise was fighting ‘crime and corruption’, they actually came to power on nationalistic rhetoric like protecting Poland from the beast that is EU, and visible church driven hyperbole like opposing gay marriage, abortion, and promoting family values in an obsessively Catholic country. But interestingly, the same Polish people threw out the party from power in late 2007 because of minimal change on development front. But at the same time, in countries like Netherlands and Denmark, as Alina confirms, “Issues other than good governance – immigration and xenophobia – are increasingly gaining grounds, with recent election results being scary.” Noelia Rodrigues, Governance Expert, John F Kennedy School of Government, added her take on the situation in the West and especially in the US, “In the West, development has been the most important election plank. We have voted here on issues such as medical policy, insurance policy, and labour policy. A party that has neglected these has been bound to suffer defeat.”
A utopian world would have been one in which globally,
all governments got re-elected or elected only on the basis of their performance on various governance indicators. Such indicators, as defined by The World Bank, include accountability with respect to civil liberties, political stability, effectiveness of the government, corruption, and the rule of law. India’s former President, A.P J. Abdul Kalam agrees, and feels that “when a political leader performs in a state and realises economic prosperity of the state using development politics, he or she will definitely succeed in getting re-elected.” Utopian is what we mentioned, and many pockets of global politics, like social relationships, are a million miles away from this logic.Good governance is supposed to directly reflect on a contry’s development, both economically and socially. Expectably, countries that have thrived on religious fundamentalism have seen only a ghost of a relation between a political party’s contribution to growth and development, and the chances of the party getting elected. Distinguished political analyst, George C. Edwards, Editor, Presidential Studies Quarterly, explains, “Religious faith is important as a qualification for office in many parts of the world and is the source of conflict in southern Asia, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and elsewhere too. Even social issues like abortion are directly connected with religion.”
The Palestine issue is one telling example, with many pockets in West Asia mirroring the situation. Aly Fayyad, the spokesperson for Hezbollah’s Political wing, thinks that “development is neither an election plank nor of primary concern in West Asia. To win an election solely based on the development plank is just impossible. Here, we’re more concerned about issues like terrorism, Arab Nationalism and relocation of refugees.” But don’t these nations fall short on various development indices? “No, it does not necessarily mean that we are an underdeveloped lot. Countries like Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen and Iran can give most of the so-called developed countries of South and South East Asia a run for their money. We fare better than most of them even on UNDP’s Human Development Index scale.” So, in countries that are plagued with terrorism and instability, development can happen although it may not be on the main electoral agenda.
y this mentality, Europe stands divided. Alina Mungio-Pippidi, celebrated political analyst at Scoala Nationala de Stiinte Politice si Administrative, Bucharest, says, “It is pretty difficult to club Europe in one league. While in Western Europe, people do give more importance to issues such as economic policy, the same cannot be said of Eastern Europe; issues in the latter region are more related to race and ethnicity that play a role in election results.”
Truly so, while countries like Finland – ranked by The World Bank amongst the global top three on various governance factors – might stand pristinely tall, countries like Poland are ready to take the hit. In 2005, the fundamentalist grandiloquent Kaczynski twin brothers in Poland came to power; one became President and the other Prime Minister. Though the supposed election promise was fighting ‘crime and corruption’, they actually came to power on nationalistic rhetoric like protecting Poland from the beast that is EU, and visible church driven hyperbole like opposing gay marriage, abortion, and promoting family values in an obsessively Catholic country. But interestingly, the same Polish people threw out the party from power in late 2007 because of minimal change on development front. But at the same time, in countries like Netherlands and Denmark, as Alina confirms, “Issues other than good governance – immigration and xenophobia – are increasingly gaining grounds, with recent election results being scary.” Noelia Rodrigues, Governance Expert, John F Kennedy School of Government, added her take on the situation in the West and especially in the US, “In the West, development has been the most important election plank. We have voted here on issues such as medical policy, insurance policy, and labour policy. A party that has neglected these has been bound to suffer defeat.”
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