This book investigates why seemingly similar African countries developed very different forms of democratic party systems.

Do party systems help or hinder democracy in Africa? Drawing lessons from different types of party systems in six African countries, this volume shows that part

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often

A first-of-its-kind study of legislative candidacy in electoral autocracies in Africa showing how civic activism translates into opposition ambition.

Is the dominance of one political party a problem in an emerging democracy, or simply an expression of the will of the people? Why has one-party dominance endur