The Electoral System and the Implications of Political Conflict in Yemen An Analytical Study of the Democratic Process (1993-2009)

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the electoral system; as a legitimate means for the peaceful transfer of power in contemporary Yemen.. which was determined by the objectives of the Yemeni Revolution of September and October 1962-1963. The study discussed the stages in which the conflict prevailed; due to the varying belief of the political forces in the concept of peaceful transfer and the mechanisms of political participation in it..
The study showed the temporal and spatial circumstances and the constitutional, political and intellectual variables that prevailed in all those stages, which had a significant impact on modernizing the means and mechanisms of political participation and the transfer of power; Through contemporary electoral systems.. Then the study discussed the advantages and disadvantages, and proposed objective treatments that are consistent with the Yemeni specificity.. The research paper relied - in studying and analyzing the electoral system and the repercussions of the political conflict in Yemen - on (the content analysis method) as it is concerned with studying the relationship between the political system and the form of the state's electoral system..
The study also relied on (the comparative method) in studying the forms of the state's electoral systems; with the aim of comparing those forms, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages, and suggesting the best..
The study concluded by discussing the results of the analytical study; through the hypotheses presented in the introduction to the research paper, as the study reached a suggestion of the preference of (the electoral system) that can achieve a degree of acceptance; for its compatibility with the Yemeni specificity..
The study reached a number of results, and presented a number of objective recommendations, which help in making the appropriate decision, at that stage of Yemen's political history.