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The Quality of Democracy in Africa : Opposition Competitiveness Rooted in Legacies of Cleavages /

This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government remains dominated by one major political party. If an institutionalized and strong opposition party even when too weak to take power challenges the dominant government party, the quality of democracy...

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Main Authors: van Eerd, Jonathan
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century
Subjects:
Political science
Comparative politics
Democracy
World politics
Africa > Politics and government
Political Science and International Relations
African Politics
Governance and Government
Political History
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50838-2
Summary: This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government remains dominated by one major political party. If an institutionalized and strong opposition party even when too weak to take power challenges the dominant government party, the quality of democracy improves substantially. The comparative study demonstrates that competitive opposition parties in dominant party systems are rooted in the historical legacy of political cleavages related to de-colonization that precede the third wave of democratization of the 1990s and have survived the instabil
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXI, 272 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319508382
Index Number: JC421
CLC: D082
Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Conceptualization of Opposition Competitiveness and its Significance for Dominant Party System Responsiveness -- Chapter 3: Explanations for Dierent Opposition Competitiveness Degrees in African Dominant Party Systems.-Chapter 4: Comparative Historical Explanation of Contemporary Opposition Competitiveness Degrees in Four Crucial Cases -- Chapter 5: Party System Responsiveness in Contemporary Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana and Mali -- Chapter 6: General Conclusion.

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