Authoritarian origins of democratic party systems in Africa /

"Faced with a transition to multiparty democracy, many assume that breaking the power of incumbents is necessary to develop a stable, highly institutionalized party system. But, in fact, across Sub-Saharan Africa, the incumbent's demise is sufficient to ensure a highly volatile, weakly ins...

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Tác giả chính: Riedl, Rachel Beatty (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2014]
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=761470
Mục lục:
  • A theory of party system variation
  • Variations in party system institutionalization in Africa
  • Competing explanations : from colonial rule to new democratic institutions
  • Modes of authoritarian power
  • Authoritarian power and transition control
  • The emergence and endurance of the multiparty system
  • Africa and beyond : party systems in new democracies.