One-Party Dominance in African Democracies /

One-Party Dominance in African Democracies / / ed. by Lia Nijzink, Renske Doorenspleet.

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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 qu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Bakari, Mohammed,
Basedau, Matthias,
Doorenspleet, Renske,
Erdmann, Gero,
Hartmann, Christof,
Melber, Henning,
Nijzink, Lia,
Reddy, Thiven,
Simutanyi, Neo,
Vliet, Martin van,
Whitehead, Richard,
HerausgeberIn:
Doorenspleet, Renske,
Nijzink, Lia,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2013
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (257 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 One-Party Dominance in African Democracies: A Framework for Analysis
  • 2 An Overview of African Party Systems
  • Part 1 Enduring One-Party Dominance
  • 3 Namibia: Cultivating the Liberation Gospel
  • 4 South Africa: Racialized Discourse in the Context of Deteriorating Performance
  • 5 Tanzania: Nurturing Legacies of the Past
  • Part 2 One-Party Dominance Discontinued
  • 6 Zambia: Manufactured One-Party Dominance and Its Collapse
  • 7 Mali: From Dominant Party to Platform of Unity
  • 8 Senegal: The Rise and Fall of a One-Party-Dominant System
  • Part 3 Conclusion
  • 9 Why One-Party Dominance Endures in Some Democracies but Not Others
  • List of Acronyms
  • Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book

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