This report presents evidence from a recent national post-election study concerning South Africa's prospects for developing into either a truly competitive multi-party system or the one-party-dominant system characteristic of so many other emerging democracies. Focusing on long-term party identification, the evidence indicates that the African National Congress (ANC) not only commands an overwhelming, but also intense, share of partisan loyalty. The potential sources of fluidity and electoral uncertainty- independent voters and those with weak party loyalties- are not large enough to threaten the ANC's re-election prospects. Surprisingly, the source of the ANC's (and the National Party's) support base is not an explicitl...
Summary • The ANC remains dominant in elections, despite the unpopularity of its leadership, massive...
The paper argues that the model developed to analyze the dominance of the Indian National Congress o...
A tripartite alliance formed by the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and...
The advent of multi-racial elections inaugurated democracy in South Africa in 1994. The results of s...
South African politics has been dominated by the African National Congress (ANC) since the country's...
Bibliography: leaves 135-138.The degree of centralisation and monopolisation of power by the African...
This paper investigates increasing claims that the ANC as South Africa's dominant party is losing it...
As a competition for both popular support and political office, Election 2004 deepened the dominant...
The 2009 elections are likely to draw in a new segment of voters, and produce an outcome that may co...
Dominant party tendencies exist either when a single party enjoys monopoly of power through the excl...
As it is in many countries, racial rhetoric is a feature of South African national government electi...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2003.Includes bi...
Why do dominant parties continue to win elections despite significant governance failures? Scholars ...
Political parties and the party system that underpins South Africa's democracy have the potential to...
Variance in partisan choice among South African voters can be predicted on the basis of what is know...
Summary • The ANC remains dominant in elections, despite the unpopularity of its leadership, massive...
The paper argues that the model developed to analyze the dominance of the Indian National Congress o...
A tripartite alliance formed by the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and...
The advent of multi-racial elections inaugurated democracy in South Africa in 1994. The results of s...
South African politics has been dominated by the African National Congress (ANC) since the country's...
Bibliography: leaves 135-138.The degree of centralisation and monopolisation of power by the African...
This paper investigates increasing claims that the ANC as South Africa's dominant party is losing it...
As a competition for both popular support and political office, Election 2004 deepened the dominant...
The 2009 elections are likely to draw in a new segment of voters, and produce an outcome that may co...
Dominant party tendencies exist either when a single party enjoys monopoly of power through the excl...
As it is in many countries, racial rhetoric is a feature of South African national government electi...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2003.Includes bi...
Why do dominant parties continue to win elections despite significant governance failures? Scholars ...
Political parties and the party system that underpins South Africa's democracy have the potential to...
Variance in partisan choice among South African voters can be predicted on the basis of what is know...
Summary • The ANC remains dominant in elections, despite the unpopularity of its leadership, massive...
The paper argues that the model developed to analyze the dominance of the Indian National Congress o...
A tripartite alliance formed by the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and...