Author: Renske Doorenspleet
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781588268693
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: R. Doorenspleet
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1137011718
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere.
Author: Aristide R. Zolberg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015-12-08
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 1400876567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Professor Zolberg brings the factual material about the Ivory Coast's social, economic, and political development since 1961-1962. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: Nic Cheeseman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-05-12
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1316239489
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design political systems that manage ethnic diversity, and why democratic governments often make bad policy decisions. Beginning in the colonial period with the introduction of multi-party elections and ending in 2013 with the collapse of democracy in Mali and South Sudan, the book describes the rise of authoritarian states in the 1970s; the attempts of trade unions and some religious groups to check the abuse of power in the 1980s; the remarkable return of multiparty politics in the 1990s; and finally, the tragic tendency for elections to exacerbate corruption and violence.
Author: Masipula Sithole
Publisher: Sapes Books
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 18
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-08
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1135297169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature. By looking at four case-studies, The Awkward Embrace studies democracies of a different kind; rule by a dominant party which is virtually immune from defeat. Such systems have been called Regnant or or Uncommon Democracies. They are characterized by distinctive features: the staging of unfree or corrupt elections; the blurring of the lines between government, the ruling party and the state; the introduction of a national project which is seen to be above politics; and the erosion of civil society. This book addresses major issues such as why one such democracy, namely Taiwan, has been moving in the direction of a more competitive system; how economic crises such as the present one in Mexico can transform the system; how government-business relations in Malaysia are affecting the base of the dominant party; and whether South Africa will become a one-party dominant system.
Author: W. O. Oyugi
Publisher: East African Publishers
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9789966463852
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih
Publisher: OSSREA
Published: 2003-02-20
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A critique of modern African 'democracies'
Author: Ibbo Mandaza
Publisher: Sapes Books
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
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