Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY MEASURE DEMOCRACY IN NAMIBIA? -- BACKGROUND TO NAMIBIA -- PARTICIPATION -- ELECTIONS -- ACCOUNTABILITY -- POLITICAL FREEDOM -- HUMAN DIGNITY -- THE STATE OF NAMIBIAN DEMOCRACY. IDASA'S DEMOCRACY INDEX -- SECTION 1 - PARTICIPATION AND DEMOCRACY -- NATIONHOOD -- PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT -- GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY -- CITIZENSHIP OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES -- TOLERANCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ENDNOTES -- SECTION 2 - ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY -- ELECTIONS -- EQUAL VOTES -- OPEN COMPETITION -- ELECTION RULES -- VOTER INFORMATION -- ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION -- PROGRESS AND DEMOCRACY -- ELECTORAL OUTCOMES -- FUNDING ELECTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ENDNOTES -- SECTION 3 - ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMOCRACY -- EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY, LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE -- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- LAW-MAKING AND THE BUDGET PROCESS -- ACCESS TO INFORMATION -- ACCESSIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ENDNOTES -- SECTION 4 - POLITICAL FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY -- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS -- ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF PERSONAL LIBERTY -- TORTURE -- FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATION -- POLITICAL PARTIES -- MEDIA RIGHTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ENDNOTES -- SECTION 5 - HUMAN DIGNITY AND DEMOCRACY -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CIVIL RIGHTS' PROTECTION -- ACCESS TO WATER -- ACCESS TO FOOD -- ACCESS TO HOUSING -- ADEQUATE AND UNIMPEDED ACCESS TO LAND -- HEALTH CARE -- EDUCATION -- POVERTY -- JOBS, AND RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE -- DELIVERY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS -- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ACTS -- WEBSITES -- ENDNOTES -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION -- FOR FURTHER READING -- USEFUL NAMIBIA-RELATED WEBSITES -- Back cover.