Political parties in Africa :
Elischer, Sebastian, 1979-
Political parties in Africa : ethnicity and party formation / Sebastian Elischer. - 1 online resource (xx, 319 pages) : charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comparative politics and political parties in Africa -- A new framework of comparison for political parties -- Kenya : the ubiquity of ethnic parties -- Namibia : the dominance of nonethnic parties -- Ghana : the ubiquity of nonethnic parties -- The diversity of African party politics -- Explaining the formation of nonethnic parties -- Conclusion : political parties in Africa. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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.
9781107055988 1107055989 1107059542 9781107059542 9781139519755 1139519751
Political parties--Africa.
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--General.
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Political parties.
Africa--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Africa.
Electronic books.
JQ1879.A795 / E45 2013eb
324.2096
Political parties in Africa : ethnicity and party formation / Sebastian Elischer. - 1 online resource (xx, 319 pages) : charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Comparative politics and political parties in Africa -- A new framework of comparison for political parties -- Kenya : the ubiquity of ethnic parties -- Namibia : the dominance of nonethnic parties -- Ghana : the ubiquity of nonethnic parties -- The diversity of African party politics -- Explaining the formation of nonethnic parties -- Conclusion : political parties in Africa. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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.
9781107055988 1107055989 1107059542 9781107059542 9781139519755 1139519751
Political parties--Africa.
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--General.
Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Political parties.
Africa--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
Africa.
Electronic books.
JQ1879.A795 / E45 2013eb
324.2096