Votes, money and violence
Subtitle: political parties and elections in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: edited by Matthias Basedau, Gero Erdmann and Andreas Mehler
Contributors: Basedau, Matthias; Erdmann, Gero; Mehler, Andreas
Publisher: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Stockholm; Scottsville, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9789171065797; 9781869141196
Subjects: Elections -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Political parties -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Research on electoral systems, parties and party systems in Africa / Gero Erdmann, Matthias Basedau and Andreas Mehler; title: Political parties, elections and patronage: random thoughts on neo-patrimonialism and African democratization / E. Gyimah-Boadi; title: Party research: Western European bias and the 'African labyrinth' / Gero Erdmann; title: Political parties in Africa: different, functional and dynamic? Reflections on Gero Erdmann's 'party research: Western European bias and the "African labyrinth"' / Peter Burnell; title: Political parties in Africa and the representation of social groups / Vicky Randall; title: Do party systems matter for democracy? / A comparative study of 28 Sub-Saharan countries / Matthias Basedau; title: Pathos of electoral reform in Africa / Christof Hartmann; title: Electoral systems, party systems and ethnicity in Africa / Matthijs Bogaards; title: Political parties and violence in Africa: systematic reflections against empirical background / Andreas Mehler; title: Insights into electoral violence in Africa / Liisa Laakso; title: Banknotes and symbolic capital: Ghana's elections under the Fourth Republic / Paul Nugent; title: Conclusion: The research agenda ahead / Gero Erdmann, Matthias Basedau and Andreas Mehler