Party systems in Africa: Problems of categorising and explaining party systems

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-258

  Erdmann, Gero ^a   Basedau, Matthias ^a  

^a GIGA GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Conceptual analysis; Democratisation; Electoral system; Ethnicity; Social cleavage; South of Sahara party systems

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AFRICA;

EID: 52649134602     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589000802332408     Document Type: Article

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