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Article: Time to wake up: Tanzania.(Tanzania has become more capitalist, and may the word 'socialist' may be deleted from its constitution)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 30, 1998
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Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM
IN JUNE, Tanzania may stop being socialist-officially. Its government plans to publish proposals for constitutional reforms, some of which the opposition has been demanding for years. In particular, people are waiting to see whether "socialist" will be dropped from the constitution, which defines Tanzania as a "democratic multi-party socialist state". Reality has preceded the change. Since the early 1990s, the country, once a socialist bastion, has been embracing capitalism with enthusiasm-and trepidation. Tanzanians, great believers in consensus, will probably try to come up with a solution to satisfy both the socialist old guard and ...