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020			_a9781107045484 (ebook)
020			_z9781107045040 (hardback)
020			_z9781107623019 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJQ1879.A795 _bR54 2014
082	0	0	_a324.20967 _223
100	1		_aRiedl, Rachel Beatty, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAuthoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa / _cRachel Beatty Riedl.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (286 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhy have seemingly similar African countries developed very different forms of democratic party systems? Despite virtually ubiquitous conditions that are assumed to be challenging to democracy - low levels of economic development, high ethnic heterogeneity, and weak state capacity - nearly two dozen African countries have maintained democratic competition since the early 1990s. Yet the forms of party system competition vary greatly: from highly stable, nationally organized, well-institutionalized party systems to incredibly volatile, particularistic parties in systems with low institutionalization. To explain their divergent development, Rachel Beatty Riedl points to earlier authoritarian strategies to consolidate support and maintain power. The initial stages of democratic opening provide an opportunity for authoritarian incumbents to attempt to shape the rules of the new multiparty system in their own interests, but their power to do so depends on the extent of local support built up over time.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107045040
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107045484
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c36973 _d36973