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Title

Friend or foe? : dominant party systems in Southern Africa : insights from the developing world / edited by Nicola de Jager and Pierre du Toit.

Publication

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• De Jager, Nicola.
• Du Toit, P. van der P. (Pierre)

Description

xiv, 218 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Within southern Africa, there is an observable increase in dominant party systems, in which one political party dominates over a prolonged period of time, within a democratic system with regular elections. This party system has replaced the one-party system that dominated Africa{u2019}s political landscape after the {uFB01}rst wave of liberations in the 1950s and 1960s. This book seeks to understand this trend and its implications for southern Africa{u2019}s democracies by comparing such systems in southern Africa with others in the developing world (such as India, South Korea and Taiwan). In particular, the case of Zimbabwe stands out as a concerning example of the direction a dominant party can take: regression into authoritarianism. India, South Korea and Taiwan present alternative routes for the dominant party system. The salient question posed by this book is: Which route are Botswana, Namibia and South Africa taking? It answers by drawing conclusions to determine whether these countries are moving towards liberal democracy, authoritarianism or a road in between."--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Political parties > Africa, Southern
• Political parties > Developing countries
• Democracy > Africa, Southern
• Democracy > Developing countries
• Comparative government
• Dominant-party systems
• Africa, Southern > Politics and government > 1994-
• Developing countries > Politics and government

Note

• Published in 2012 in South Africa by UCT Press, an imprint of Juta and Company Ltd.
• The countries studied are Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, with comparable coverage of four non-African nations: India, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Nicola de Jager and Pierre du Toit -- 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 -- Conclusion : resources and the politics of dominant party systems / Pierre du Toit and Nicola de Jager.

ISBN

• 9789280812206 (pbk.)
• 9280812203 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2012033426

OCLC

808810849

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library