Marriages of inconvenience
Subtitle: the politics of coalition South Africa
By: edited by Susan Booysen
Publisher: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA); Mapungubwe Institute (Mistra)
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781920690267
Subjects: Coalition governments; Politics and government
Description: "For all the critique of interparty coalitions, they become inevitable - and essential instruments of governance - when absolute majorities are not realised in an election. Coalitions are, in a sense, a product of the people's will in that the electorate asserts a lack of overwhelming confidence in any single contestant in the polls. Marriages of Inconvenience: The politics of coalitions in South Africa is a research-based volume that collates and interprets lessons that South Africa should take to heart in managing such eventualities. It draws from domestic experiences as well as from case studies on the rest of the African continent and generic instances further afield."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The uneven transition from party dominance to coalitions: South Africa's new politics of instability / Susan Booysen; title: Local government coalitions across South Africa, 2000-16 / Mcebisi Ndletyana; title: The international experience of coalition politics: democracy, party systems and stability / Heidi Brooks; title: Electoral systems, party systems and coalitions: lessons from Southern Africa / Khabele Matlosa; title: The legacy of multipartyism on political coalitions and rent-seeking in African elections / Grant Masterson; title: Coalition politics in Kenya: superficial assemblages and momentary vehicles to attain power / Gilbert Khadiagala; title: Coalition governments and unrelenting political instability in Lesotho, 2012-20 / Motlamelle Kapa; title: Political parties, alliance politics and the crisis of governance in Malawi / Nandini Patel; title: The constitutional-legal dimensions of coalition politics and government in South Africa / Pierre de Vos; title: The impact of coalitions on South Africa's metropolitan administrations / Crispian Olver; title: Power, politics and ideology: understanding councillors' views on the tug of war in the City of Johannesburg / Bonolo Makgale; title: The Tshwane metropolitan council: multiparty and multiple coalitions, and imperilled governance / Graeme de Bruyn; title: Coalitions in Nelson Mandela Bay: subversions of democracy / Mcebisi Ndletyana; title: Full cycles and reinventions in coalitions in the Western Cape and Cape Town metro / Sanusha Naidu; title: Power transition in KwaZulu-Natal: post-1994 coalitions in action / Lukhona Mnguni; title: Political conditions that facilitate coalition formation and workability / Amuzweni Ngoma; title: South Africa's zone of coalition government: conflict in unity / Susan Booysen.