Add to ORKGThe maturation of ‘third wave ’ democracies across the globe provokes new salient questions about how the characteristics of formal democratic institutions, such as political party systems, relate to critical outcomes in political economy, democratic endurance and peace studies. Understanding how political parties operate is central because they serve to mediate interests, mobilize the citizenry and provide a link between rulers and the masses. This project analyzes a fundamental question in the study of institutional crafting in the developing world: why have political party systems developed across new democracies with such diverse forms and functions? In so far as Africa is home to nearly two dozen enduring multiparty democracies combin...
Political parties are a vital element in the quality of representative democracy, playing a crucial ...
The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the role and function of political parties in a democratisat...
To what extent do political parties in Africa’s emerging democracies possess the organizational stru...
In this article, I explore the nature of party systems that have emerged in Africa in the wake of th...
Our paper addresses one of the key issues that confront emerging democracies in Africa: how can we e...
Two puzzling features characterize African party systems: low fragmentation and high volatility. We ...
In their study of 12 Latin American countries, Mainwaring and Scully develop a framework to assess l...
This dissertation investigates how political parties can undermine the representation of citizen int...
Most Sub-Saharan African countries are not yet considered democracies, but it is worth noting that a...
This dissertation examines the nature of party competition in the African democracies. Political par...
This thesis presents an original theory of authoritarian party and legislative institutions in Afric...
This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government...
Abstract: The trend since the late 1980s towards economic lib eralization and democratization proce...
In this monograph, first, I argue that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even...
The Third Wave of Democratization brought with it strong ideals of representative democracy. This me...
Political parties are a vital element in the quality of representative democracy, playing a crucial ...
The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the role and function of political parties in a democratisat...
To what extent do political parties in Africa’s emerging democracies possess the organizational stru...
In this article, I explore the nature of party systems that have emerged in Africa in the wake of th...
Our paper addresses one of the key issues that confront emerging democracies in Africa: how can we e...
Two puzzling features characterize African party systems: low fragmentation and high volatility. We ...
In their study of 12 Latin American countries, Mainwaring and Scully develop a framework to assess l...
This dissertation investigates how political parties can undermine the representation of citizen int...
Most Sub-Saharan African countries are not yet considered democracies, but it is worth noting that a...
This dissertation examines the nature of party competition in the African democracies. Political par...
This thesis presents an original theory of authoritarian party and legislative institutions in Afric...
This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government...
Abstract: The trend since the late 1980s towards economic lib eralization and democratization proce...
In this monograph, first, I argue that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even...
The Third Wave of Democratization brought with it strong ideals of representative democracy. This me...
Political parties are a vital element in the quality of representative democracy, playing a crucial ...
The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the role and function of political parties in a democratisat...
To what extent do political parties in Africa’s emerging democracies possess the organizational stru...