Dan Paget

Dan Paget is a lecturer in politics at the University of Aberdeen. His essay “Tanzania: Shrinking Space and Opposition Protest” appeared in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of Democracy.

Articles by Dan Paget:

April 2021, Volume 32, Issue 2

Tanzania: The Authoritarian Landslide

With brutal resolve, the ruling party sought not merely to win an election, but to annihilate the opposition. Now, with President John Magufuli gone, that strategic rationale will likely only grow stronger.