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Item Details
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ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
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| By: |
Andrew Reynolds |
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Hardback |
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£167.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198295103 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198295105 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 January, 1999 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in Democratization |
| Pages: |
356 |
| Description: |
This is a groundbreaking comparative study of the effect of institutional design on representation, political stability, and inter-ethnic/racial accommodation in the emerging democracies of Southern Africa. Focusing on the experiences of Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the author presents a host of revealing conclusions that will help us to evaluate the success or failure of democratic design in other fledgling democracies. |
| Synopsis: |
The design of electoral systems and executive types is increasingly being recognized the key lever of constitutional engineering to be applied in the interests of political accommodation and stability in ethnically divided societies. In this groundbreaking comparative study of democratic design in Southern Africa, Andrew Reynolds finds that the decisions about how to constitute representative parliaments have wide ranging effects on the type of parties and party system that develops, the nature of executive-legislative relations, and the inclusiveness of both majority and minority interests in the process of governance. While electoral system design is the primary focus of the book, the related constitutional issues of whether to choose a presidential or parliamentary system, and whether to entrench consensual, consociational or majoritarian government are also discussed. Analysing the experiences of Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the author presents a host of revealing conclusions that help shed light on the success or failure of democratic design in other fledgling democracies, in both Africa and beyond. |
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figures, maps, tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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