Political Parties In Africa

Author : Sebastian Elischer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107033462
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties in Africa written by Sebastian Elischer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the effects of ethnicity on party politics in ten African countries. Sebastian Elischer finds that five party types exist: the mono-ethnic, the ethnic alliance, the catch-all, the programmatic, and the personalistic party. He uses these party types to show that the African political landscape is considerably more diverse than conventionally assumed.

Author : Ebrahim Fakir
Publisher : Jacana Media
ISBN 13 : 9781920196790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties in Africa written by Ebrahim Fakir and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih
Publisher : OSSREA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Political Parties written by Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih and published by OSSREA. This book was released on 2003-02-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critique of modern African 'democracies'

Author : Thuynsma, Heather
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
ISBN 13 : 0798305142
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties in South Africa written by Thuynsma, Heather and published by Africa Institute of South Africa. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political parties and the party system that underpins South Africa’s democracy have the potential to build a cohesive and prosperous nation. But in the past few years the ANC’s dominance has strained the system and tested it and its institutions’ fortitude. There are deeper issues of accountability that often spurn the Constitution and there is also a clear need to foster meaningful public participation and transparency. This volume offers a different and detailed assessment of the health of South Africa’s political system. This study intends to unravel the condition of the party system in South Africa and culminates in the question: Do South African parties promote or hinder democracy in the country? The areas of the party system that are known to require continued work are the weakness of democratic structures within parties, the perceived lack of responsibility of elected parliamentarians towards voters, non-transparent private partner financing structures and a lack of attractiveness of party-political commitment, especially for women. Experts in the respective fields address all of these areas in this book.

Author : R. Doorenspleet
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137011718
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Party Systems and Democracy in Africa written by R. Doorenspleet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties in Africa written by Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed Salih and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a broad, comparative analysis of 27 African countries and 75 political parties. The data was assembled during 2004-06 and was followed by national and sub-regional dialogue workshops between political parties, researchers and civil society. The agenda for reform that emanated from the research and dialogue process is reflected and discussed in the report. Legislative regulation of parties, women's participation, funding of political parties, party democracy and party programmes and policies that represent and reflect the preferences of the people are high on the agenda for the process ahead. By providing comparative information, this International IDEA publication aims to stimulate debate on the challenges faced by political parties in Africa. It is especially aimed at political parties, scholars, policy makers and democracy assistance organizations working for political reform in Africa.

Author : Thomas Hodgkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Political Parties written by Thomas Hodgkin and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adebayo O. Olukoshi
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN 13 : 9789171064196
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Opposition in Contemporary Africa written by Adebayo O. Olukoshi and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1998 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In South Africa, Michael Neocosmos

Author : James S. Coleman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520311752
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties and National Integration in Tropical Africa written by James S. Coleman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book focus attention on the role of political groups in the new functioning and development of the new African societies and the political systems of which they are a part. The authors, all recognized authorities, have sought to identify and compare the manifestations of the general tendency among the new states of Tropical Africa toward the establishment and consolidation of one-party political systems, and to examine, in the light of this general trend, the different dimensions of the problem of integration. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.

Author : Anja Osei
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3531191403
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Party-Voter Linkage in Africa written by Anja Osei and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parties in Africa are often described as organisationally and programmatically weak. On the other hand, they mobilise substantial numbers of voters at election time. This contradiction provokes an interesting question: How do political parties in Africa relate to the society? How do they mobilise their voters and sympathisers, and which strategies do they employ? Anja Osei analyses how parties in Ghana and Senegal adapt to their local context by employing locally embedded strategies.