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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | French term or phrase: climat politique verrouille | Une partie de l'opposition, exclue du scrutin, dénonce un climat politique verrouillé.
Hi, I can't think of an English equivalent for this. All the meanings of Verrouille I have seen in the dictionary just don't seem to be quite right.
Do you have any suggestions? Daniela |
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| | climate of political (electoral) lockdown | Explanation:
Or: repression/suppression of elections or political activity of any kind.
The links I found connect this phrase to particular countries and also, in particular, to the refusal to hold elections or to hold any but sham, one-party elections.
Other links didn't work for me. I'm just pitching this phrase in a slightly less generalized manner in context. It seems to me that the real news value is in the term "verrouillé", which could be expressed as a "lockdown" or a "lockout" of participation in elections by parties other than the governing party. It says 'climate', but it really refers to concrete actions by a political formation in power which make it impossible for any other formation to contend elections or even to speak or appear in public.
http://www.oscoop.com/?s=Japon : le parti au pouvoir propose...
http://pdpinfo.org/article.php3?id_article=642
La coalition formée autour du Parti démocratique progressiste (PDP), du Forum démocratique pour le Travail et les libertés (FDTL) et du Mouvement Ettajdid (Renouveau) a jugé "sans enjeu" le scrutin se déroulant dans un climat politique verrouillé".
http://www.naros.info/article.php3?id_article=356
Benjamin Stora : « Le champ politique est verrouillé »
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-05 16:06:19 GMT)
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ganemo's testimony confirms me somewhat in my supposition. I was trying to keep 'climate' in there - translators have to balance things.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-05 16:10:57 GMT)
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The use of the term 'climate' refers to a living situation in which anyone who wants to support a party other than the governing party must be afraid of the consequences, often of the slightest overheard remark. That's the "lockdown" - a term from US penal administration denoting a situation in which all prisoners are confined to individual cells. An electoral lockout refers to a prohibition on opposition parties and their activity. |
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Jeffrey Lewis
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Local time: 17:42
| Grading comment Hello there! Lots of interesting ideas thank you, in the end I will go for "political lockdown" as I believe it fits the context. I liked exclusionary political climate too though! Thanks everyone! Daniela
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56 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 | climat politique verrouillé climate of political (electoral) lockdown
Explanation:
Or: repression/suppression of elections or political activity of any kind.
The links I found connect this phrase to particular countries and also, in particular, to the refusal to hold elections or to hold any but sham, one-party elections.
Other links didn't work for me. I'm just pitching this phrase in a slightly less generalized manner in context. It seems to me that the real news value is in the term "verrouillé", which could be expressed as a "lockdown" or a "lockout" of participation in elections by parties other than the governing party. It says 'climate', but it really refers to concrete actions by a political formation in power which make it impossible for any other formation to contend elections or even to speak or appear in public.
http://www.oscoop.com/?s=Japon : le parti au pouvoir propose...
http://pdpinfo.org/article.php3?id_article=642
La coalition formée autour du Parti démocratique progressiste (PDP), du Forum démocratique pour le Travail et les libertés (FDTL) et du Mouvement Ettajdid (Renouveau) a jugé "sans enjeu" le scrutin se déroulant dans un climat politique verrouillé".
http://www.naros.info/article.php3?id_article=356
Benjamin Stora : « Le champ politique est verrouillé »
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-05 16:06:19 GMT)
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ganemo's testimony confirms me somewhat in my supposition. I was trying to keep 'climate' in there - translators have to balance things.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-05 16:10:57 GMT)
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The use of the term 'climate' refers to a living situation in which anyone who wants to support a party other than the governing party must be afraid of the consequences, often of the slightest overheard remark. That's the "lockdown" - a term from US penal administration denoting a situation in which all prisoners are confined to individual cells. An electoral lockout refers to a prohibition on opposition parties and their activity.
| Jeffrey Lewis
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Local time: 17:42
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| | Grading comment | Hello there! Lots of interesting ideas thank you, in the end I will go for "political lockdown" as I believe it fits the context. I liked exclusionary political climate too though! Thanks everyone! Daniela |
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