Friend or foe? : dominant party systems in Southern Africa : insights from the developing world

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Friend or foe? : dominant party systems in Southern Africa : insights from the developing world

edited by Nicola de Jager and Pierre du Toit ; [foreword by Kay Lawson]

United Nations University Press , UCT Press, 2013

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"Konrad Adenauer Stiftung"

The countries studied are Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, with comparable coverage of four non-African nations: India, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The political costs of privatisation : why democratic and authoritarian dominant parties meet their doom / Kenneth F. Greene
  • The dominant party system and democracy : the Congress Party in India / Thiven Reddy
  • Transitioning from a dominant party system to multi-party system : the case of South Korea / Joseph Wong
  • From authoritarianism to nascent democracy in Taiwan : electoral elements of the Kuomintang-dominant regime / Yun-han Chu and Chung-li Wu
  • Interrogating the dominant party system in Botswana / David Sebudubudu and Mokganedi Zara Botlhomilwe
  • The politics and resource endowment of party dominance in Namibia : the past as the present and the future? / Andre du Pisani
  • South Africa : a democracy in the balance / Nicola de Jager
  • Heroes fall, oppressors rise : democratic decay & authoritarianism in Zimbabwe / Annemie Britz and Josephat Tshuma
  • Resources and the politics of dominant party systems / Pierre du Toit and Nicola de Jager

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