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The quality of democracy in Africa = opposition competitiveness rooted in legacies of cleavages /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The quality of democracy in Africa/ by Jonathan van Eerd.
Reminder of title:	opposition competitiveness rooted in legacies of cleavages /
Author:	Eerd, Jonathan van.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xxi, 272 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Democracy - Africa. -
Subject:	Africa - Economic policy - 21st century. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50838-2
ISBN:	9783319508382

The quality of democracy in Africa = opposition competitiveness rooted in legacies of cleavages /
Eerd, Jonathan van.

The quality of democracy in Africaopposition competitiveness rooted in legacies of cleavages /[electronic resource] :by Jonathan van Eerd. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xxi, 272 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Challenges to democracy in the 21st century. - Challenges to democracy in the 21st century..

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.

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 instability of post-independence political developments to the present day. The study covers 19 African countries and 55 elections overall, including four in-depth case studies of Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana and Mali. It offers scholars and practitioners of electoral democracies and competitive authoritarian regimes a novel view on the role of party systems in processes of democratization. It makes an important contribution to the general literature on state building intertwined with democratization and representation in old and new democracies.

ISBN: 9783319508382

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-50838-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

560587
Democracy
--Africa.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

657339
Africa
--Economic policy--21st century.

LC Class. No.: JQ1879.A15 / E37 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 320.96

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