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Author:   R. Doorenspleet ,  L. Nijzink
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.648kg
ISBN:  

9781137011701

ISBN 10:   113701170
Pages:   191
Publication Date:   02 December 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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1. Do Party Systems Matter for Democracy in Africa?; Renske Doorenspleet and Lia Nijzink 2. Multi-Party Elections in Africa: For Better or Worse; Matthijs Bogaards PART I: ONE-PARTY DOMINANT SYSTEMS 3. South Africa: Electoral Dominance, Identity Politics and Democracy; Steven Friedman 4 Botswana: Presidential Ambitions, Party Factions and the Durability of a Dominant Party; Christian John Makgala and Shane Mac Giollabhuí 5. Namibia: From Liberation to Domination; Henning Melber PART II: OTHER PARTY SYSTEMS 6. Ghana: The African Exemplar of an Institutionalized Two-Party System?; Cyril Daddieh and George Bob-Milliar 7. Benin: A Pulverized Party System in Transition; Rachel Gisselquist 8. Zambia: Dominance Won and Lost ; Dan Paget PART III: CONCLUSION 9. Do Party Systems Help or Hinder Democracy in Africa?; Renske Doorenspleet and Lia Nijzink

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George M. Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Matthijs Bogaards, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Cyril K. Daddieh, Miami University, USA Steven Friedman, Rhodes University, South Africa and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa Rachel M. Gisselquist, United Nations University, Japan Christian John Makgala, University of Botswana Shane Mac Giollabhuí, University of Oxford, UK Henning Melber, The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Sweden Dan Paget, University of Oxford, UK

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