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Votes, money and violence : political parties and elections in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Matthias Basedau, Gero Erdmann and Andreas Mehler.
Van Pelt Library JQ1879.A5 V68 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Elections.
- Political parties--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Political parties.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government--1960-.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stockholm : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Research on electoral systems, parties and party systems in Africa / Gero Erdmann, Matthias Basedau and Andreas Mehler
- Political parties, elections and patronage: random thoughts on neo-patrimonialism and African democratization / E. Gyimah-Boadi
- Party research: Western European bias and the 'African labyrinth' / Gero Erdmann
- Political parties in Africa: different, functional and dynamic? Reflections on Gero Erdmann's 'party research: Western European bias and the "African labyrinth"' / Peter Burnell
- Political parties in Africa and the representation of social groups / Vicky Randall
- Do party systems matter for democracy? / A comparative study of 28 Sub-Saharan countries / Matthias Basedau
- Pathos of electoral reform in Africa / Christof Hartmann
- Electoral systems, party systems and ethnicity in Africa / Matthijs Bogaards
- Political parties and violence in Africa: systematic reflections against empirical background / Andreas Mehler
- Insights into electoral violence in Africa / Liisa Laakso
- Banknotes and symbolic capital: Ghana's elections under the Fourth Republic / Paul Nugent
- Conclusion: The research agenda ahead / Gero Erdmann, Matthias Basedau and Andreas Mehler.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781869141196
- 1869141199
- 9789171065797
- 9171065792
- OCLC:
- 123893415
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