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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's political landscape after the first wave of
liberations in the 1950s and 1960s. This book seeks to understand
this trend and its implications for southern Africa'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.
This edited volume focuses on the democratic performance of regimes
in some of the least populous countries on the African continent.
Using a framework developed by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way, each
case study provides in-depth analysis of democratic contestation in
the following arenas: electoral, judiciary, legislature, media, and
civil society. This volume also examines the key factors that push
these regimes in either democratic or authoritarian directions, and
how these regimes are likely to evolve in the future.
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