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Party Systems and Democracy in Africa

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Editors:
  1. Renske Doorenspleet

    1. Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK

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  2. Lia Nijzink

    1. National Assembly of Nigeria and the Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party Democracy, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Do Party Systems Matter for Democracy in Africa?

    1. Do Party Systems Matter for Democracy in Africa?

      • Renske Doorenspleet, Lia Nijzink
      Pages 1-21

  3. Multiparty Elections in Africa: For Better or Worse

    1. Multiparty Elections in Africa: For Better or Worse

      • Matthijs Bogaards
      Pages 22-44

  4. One-Party-Dominant Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. South Africa: Electoral Dominance, Identity Politics and Democracy

      • Steven Friedman
      Pages 47-68

    3. Botswana: Presidential Ambitions, Party Factions and the Durability of a Dominant Party

      • Christian John Makgala, Shane Mac Giollabhuí
      Pages 69-86

    4. Namibia: From Liberation to Domination

      • Henning Melber
      Pages 87-104

  5. Other Party Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Ghana: The African Exemplar of an Institutionalized Two-Party System?

      • Cyril K. Daddieh, George M. Bob-Milliar
      Pages 107-128

    3. Benin: A Pulverized Party System in Transition

      • Rachel M. Gisselquist
      Pages 129-147

    4. Zambia: Dominance Won and Lost

      • Dan Paget
      Pages 148-167

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 168-168
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    2. Do Party Systems Help or Hinder Democracy in Africa?

      • Renske Doorenspleet, Lia Nijzink
      Pages 171-187

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 188-191
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Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that party systems affect democracy in Africa in ways that are unexpectedly different from the relation between party systems and democracy observed elsewhere.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK

    Renske Doorenspleet

  • National Assembly of Nigeria and the Netherlands Institute for Multi-Party Democracy, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Lia Nijzink

About the editors

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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