Quality of Democracy in Africa

Opposition Competitiveness Rooted in Legacies of Cleavages

AvJonathan van Eerd

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties in dominant party systems are rooted in the historical legacy of political cleavages related to de-colonization that precede the third wave of democratization of the 1990s and have survived the instability of post-independence political developments to the present day.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-04-18
Mått:148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt:498 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
Antal sidor:272
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319508375

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Jonathan van Eerd is a political analyst specialized on Africa. He is a former senior research and teaching associate at the Department for Political Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research and teaching focus on democratization processes and party systems. Jonathan was a visiting scholar at Cornell University, N.Y., with university affiliations in Botswana, Lesotho and Ghana.

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“In recent years, the functioning of political parties and party systems in Africa has received increasing research attention. The Quality of Democracy in Africa: Opposition Competitiveness Rooted in Legacies of Cleavages forms one of the latest contributions to this important research area. … For specialized scholars, the work provides interesting insights and sets the path for new avenues of research.” (Leila Demarest,Democratization, Vol. 25 (5), August, 2017)

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Conceptualization of Opposition Competitiveness and its Significance for Dominant Party System Responsiveness.- Chapter 3: Explanations for Dierent Opposition Competitiveness Degrees in African Dominant Party Systems.-Chapter 4: Comparative Historical Explanation of Contemporary Opposition Competitiveness Degrees in Four Crucial Cases.- Chapter 5: Party System Responsiveness in Contemporary Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana and Mali.- Chapter 6: General Conclusion.