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One-party dominance in African democracies / edited by Renske Doorenspleet, Lia Nijzink.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Political parties.
- Democracy--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Democracy.
- Dominant-party systems.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations, tables
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is the dominance of one political party a problem in an emerging democracy, or simply an expression of the will of the people? Why has one-party dominance endured in some African democracies and not in others? What are the mechanisms behind the varying party-system trajectories? Considering these questions, the authors of this collaborative work use a rigorous comparative research design and rich case material to greatly enhance our understanding of one of the key issues confronting emerging democracies in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Contents:
- 1. One-party dominance in African democracies: a framework for analysis / Renske Doorenspleet and Lia Nijzink
- 2. An overview of African party systems / Gero Erdmann and Matthias Basedau
- Part 1. Enduring one-party dominance
- 3. Namibia: cultivating the liberation gospel / Henning Melber
- 4. South Africa: racialized discourse in the context of deteriorating performance / Thiven Reddy
- 5. Tanzania: nurturing legacies of the past / Mohammed Bakari and Richard Whitehead
- Part 2. One-party dominance in decline
- 6. Zambia: manufactured one-party dominance and its collapse / Neo Simutanyi
- 7. Mali: from dominant party to platform of unity / Martin van Vliet
- 8. Senegal: the end of one-party dominance / Christof Hartmann
- Part 3. Conclusion
- 9. Why one-party dominance endures in some democracies but not others / Lia Nijzink and Renske Doorenspleet.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62637-265-9
- 1-78539-154-2
- OCLC:
- 961063322
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