UID:
almahu_9947414654102882
Format:
1 online resource (xx, 319 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139519755 (ebook)
Content:
This book examines the effects of ethnicity on party politics in sub-Saharan Africa. Sebastian Elischer analyzes political parties in Ghana, Kenya and Namibia in detail, and provides a preliminary analysis of parties in seven other countries including Tanzania, Botswana, Senegal, Zambia, Malawi, Burkina Faso and Benin. 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. Whereas ethnic parties dominate in some countries, non-ethnic parties have become the norm in others. This study also finds a correlation between a country's ethnic make-up and the salience of political ethnicity: countries with a core ethnic group are prone to form non-ethnic parties. In countries lacking a core ethnic group, ethnic parties constitute the norm.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Comparative politics and political parties in Africa --
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A new framework of comparison for political parties --
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Kenya : the ubiquity of ethnic parties --
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Namibia : the dominance of nonethnic parties --
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Ghana : the ubiquity of nonethnic parties --
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The diversity of African party politics --
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Explaining the formation of nonethnic parties --
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Conclusion : political parties in Africa.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107033467
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519755
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