One-party dominance in African democracies
By: edited by Renske Doorenspleet, Lia Nijzink
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781588268693
Subjects: Political parties; Democracy; Politics and government; Dominant-party systems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. One-party dominance in African democracies: a framework for analysis / Renske Doorenspleet and Lia Nijzink; title: 2. An overview of African party systems / Gero Erdmann and Matthias Basedau; title: Part 1. Enduring one-party dominance; title: 3. Namibia: cultivating the liberation gospel / Henning Melber; title: 4. South Africa: racialized discourse in the context of deteriorating performance / Thiven Reddy; title: 5. Tanzania: nurturing legacies of the past / Mohammed Bakari and Richard Whitehead; title: Part 2. One-party dominance in decline; title: 6. Zambia: manufactured one-party dominance and its collapse / Neo Simutanyi; title: 7. Mali: from dominant party to platform of unity / Martin van Vliet; title: 8. Senegal: the end of one-party dominance / Christof Hartmann; title: Part 3. Conclusion; title: 9. Why one-party dominance endures in some democracies but not others / Lia Nijzink and Renske Doorenspleet.