Party Systems in Young Democracies - Varieties of Institutionalization in Sub-Saharan Africa

Based on raw electoral data from 30 sub-Saharan African countries observed between 1966 and 2016, this text explores the causes and mechanisms of Party System Institutionalization (PSI) and its relationship with the processes of mobilization and democratization.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Researching Party System Institutionalization 2. Varieties of Party System Institutionalization 3. Explaining Diversity: An Eclectic Analysis of Party System Institutionalization 4. Cape Verde: An Adequately Institutionalized Party System 5. Zambia: An Inadequately Institutionalized Party System 6. Mozambique: An Overinstitutionalized Party System 7. Conclusion: Converging Trends of Party System Development? Africa from a Comparative Perspective

About the author

Edalina Rodrigues Sanches is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Lisbon and the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is also a guest Assistant Professor at University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

Summary

Based on raw electoral data from 30 sub-Saharan African countries observed between 1966 and 2016, this text explores the causes and mechanisms of Party System Institutionalization (PSI) and its relationship with the processes of mobilization and democratization.

Product details

• Authors: Edalina Rodrigues Sanches, Edalina (University of Lisbon Rodrigues Sanches, Edalina Rodrigues Sanches
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367735395
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73539-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Political parties and party platforms, Sub-Saharan Africa