One-Party System in Tanganyika

Abstract

The single-party system in Tanganyika is the framework for "nation-building." The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) has penetrated virtually all social spheres; as the government it controls the program of rapid social and economic change. In pursuing the task of creating effective state institutions the TANU government is organizing the economy into corporate segments with itself as the over-all supervisor of each segment, sponsoring comprehensive national planning, and converting the bureaucracy into a combined party and government administration. Together they are re-orient ing and widening public participation in politics in an over-all campaign to create a sense of civic obligation. At all levels TANU serves as the instrument of education and agitation. The capacity of the emergent political system to transform so ciety and absorb change will depend on the effectiveness of these efforts.