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Author : Rachel Beatty Riedl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107045040
This book investigates why seemingly similar African countries developed very different forms of democratic party systems.
Author : R. Doorenspleet,L. Nijzink
Publisher : Springer
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137011718
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.
Author : Matthijs Bogaards,Sebastian Elischer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658092160
The special issue revisits Levitsky and Way’s seminal study on Competitive Authoritarianism (2010). The contributions by North American, European, and African scholars deepen our understanding of the emergence, trajectories, and outcomes of hybrid regimes across the African continent.
Author : M.A. Mohamed Salih
Publisher : OSSREA
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39076002308661
A critique of modern African 'democracies'
Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521191128
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of Africa's history of democracy, grappling with important questions facing Africa today.
Author : Ebrahim Fakir,Tom Lodge
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Africa
ISBN : 192019679X
Democratic governance systems need strong and well- established parties to channel the demands of citizens, govern in the public good and satisfy the basic needs of societies. Moreover, political parties are crucial actors in aggregating and articulating interests, recruiting leaders, presenting election candidates and developing competing policy proposals that provide a voice to citizens and a choice of different proposals for the processes and procedures through which society is governed. To fulfil these functions, however, trust in how the political system functions - and in political parties as cogs in this machine of government in particular - is critical. Citizens need to provide their consent (usually through electoral processes) to political parties to be their voice - and need to trust the alternative choices that parties provide them. But across the African continent, political parties appear to be suffering a malaise of low levels of confidence and trust that citizens have in them, notwithstanding the monumental changes taking place amongst citizen attitudes, especially recent trends towards greater direct political action. This edited volume contributes to critical discourse on politics, democratisation and political parties across the continent, and makes a constructive contribution to a political system malaise by suggesting a set of normative benchmarks for more open and democratic political and party systems, as well as more effective political party institutional establishment and organisation. The book is simultaneously a critical voice and constructive problem solver.."
Author : Renske Doorenspleet,Lia Nijzink
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1588268691
Is the dominance of one political party a problem in an emerging democracy, or simply an expression of the will of the people? Why has one-party dominance endured in some African democracies and not in others? What are the mechanisms behind the varying party-system trajectories? Considering these questions, the authors of this collaborative work use a rigorous comparative research design and rich case material to greatly enhance our understanding of one of the key issues confronting emerging democracies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Author : Keith Weghorst
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316519929
A first-of-its-kind study of legislative candidacy in electoral autocracies in Africa showing how civic activism translates into opposition ambition.
Author : Steven Levitsky,Lucan A. Way
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139491488
Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and 2008. It finds that where social, economic, and technocratic ties to the West were extensive, as in Eastern Europe and the Americas, the external cost of abuse led incumbents to cede power rather than crack down, which led to democratization. Where ties to the West were limited, external democratizing pressure was weaker and countries rarely democratized. In these cases, regime outcomes hinged on the character of state and ruling party organizations. Where incumbents possessed developed and cohesive coercive party structures, they could thwart opposition challenges, and competitive authoritarian regimes survived; where incumbents lacked such organizational tools, regimes were unstable but rarely democratized.
Author : Nancy Bermeo,Deborah J. Yashar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107156791
A comparative study of the role of political parties and movements in the founding and survival of developing world democracies.
Author : Samuel P. Huntington
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780806186047
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century. In The Third Wave, Samuel P. Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, evaluates the prospects for stability of the new democracies, and explores the possibility of more countries becoming democratic. The recent transitions, he argues, are the third major wave of democratization in the modem world. Each of the two previous waves was followed by a reverse wave in which some countries shifted back to authoritarian government. Using concrete examples, empirical evidence, and insightful analysis, Huntington provides neither a theory nor a history of the third wave, but an explanation of why and how it occurred. Factors responsible for the democratic trend include the legitimacy dilemmas of authoritarian regimes; economic and social development; the changed role of the Catholic Church; the impact of the United States, the European Community, and the Soviet Union; and the "snowballing" phenomenon: change in one country stimulating change in others. Five key elite groups within and outside the nondemocratic regime played roles in shaping the various ways democratization occurred. Compromise was key to all democratizations, and elections and nonviolent tactics also were central. New democracies must deal with the "torturer problem" and the "praetorian problem" and attempt to develop democratic values and processes. Disillusionment with democracy, Huntington argues, is necessary to consolidating democracy. He concludes the book with an analysis of the political, economic, and cultural factors that will decide whether or not the third wave continues. Several "Guidelines for Democratizers" offer specific, practical suggestions for initiating and carrying out reform. Huntington's emphasis on practical application makes this book a valuable tool for anyone engaged in the democratization process. At this volatile time in history, Huntington's assessment of the processes of democratization is indispensable to understanding the future of democracy in the world.
Author : Mawere, Munyaradzi,Mwanaka, Tendai R.
Publisher : Langaa RPCIG
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956763009
Questions surrounding democracy, governance, and development especially in the view of Africa have provoked acrimonious debates in the past few years. It remains a perennial question why some decades after political independence in Africa the continent continues experiencing bad governance, lagging behind socioeconomically, and its democracy questionable. We admit that a plethora of theories and reasons, including iniquitous and malicious ones, have been conjured in an attempt to explain and answer the questions as to why Africa seems to be lagging behind other continents in issues pertaining to good governance, democracy and socio-economic development. Yet, none of the theories and reasons proffered so far seems to have provided enduring solutions to Africa’s diverse complex problems and predicaments. This book dissects and critically examines the matrix of Africa’s multifaceted problems on governance, democracy and development in an attempt to proffer enduring solutions to the continent’s long-standing political and socio-economic dilemmas and setbacks.
Author : R. Doorenspleet,L. Nijzink
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137011718
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.
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Issues in Democratization
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309047975
The global movement toward democracy, spurred in part by the ending of the cold war, has created opportunities for democratization not only in Europe and the former Soviet Union, but also in Africa. This book is based on workshops held in Benin, Ethiopia, and Namibia to better understand the dynamics of contemporary democratic movements in Africa. Key issues in the democratization process range from its institutional and political requirements to specific problems such as ethnic conflict, corruption, and role of donors in promoting democracy. By focusing on the opinion and views of African intellectuals, academics, writers, and political activists and observers, the book provides a unique perspective regarding the dynamics and problems of democratization in Africa.
Author : Michael Albertus,Victor Menaldo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107199828
Provides an innovative theory of regime transitions and outcomes, and tests it using extensive evidence between 1800 and today.