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Title Votes, money and violence : political parties and elections in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Matthias Basedau, Gero Erdmann and Andreas Mehler.

Publication Info. Stockholm : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007.

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Description 301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Research on electoral systems, parties and party systems in Africa / Gero Erdmann, Matthias Basedau and Andreas Mehler -- Political parties, elections and patronage: random thoughts on neo-patrimonialism and African democratization / E. Gyimah-Boadi -- Party research: Western European bias and the 'African labyrinth' / Gero Erdmann -- Political parties in Africa: different, functional and dynamic? Reflections on Gero Erdmann's 'party research: Western European bias and the "African labyrinth"' / Peter Burnell -- Political parties in Africa and the representation of social groups / Vicky Randall -- Do party systems matter for democracy? / A comparative study of 28 Sub-Saharan countries / Matthias Basedau -- Pathos of electoral reform in Africa / Christof Hartmann -- Electoral systems, party systems and ethnicity in Africa / Matthijs Bogaards -- Political parties and violence in Africa: systematic reflections against empirical background / Andreas Mehler -- Insights into electoral violence in Africa / Liisa Laakso -- Banknotes and symbolic capital: Ghana's elections under the Fourth Republic / Paul Nugent -- Conclusion: The research agenda ahead / Gero Erdmann, Matthias Basedau and Andreas Mehler.
Subject Elections -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Elections.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Political parties -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Political parties.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1960-
Added Author Basedau, Matthias.
Erdmann, Gero.
Mehler, Andreas.
ISBN 9781869141196 (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press) (paperback)
1869141199 (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press) (paperback)
9789171065797 (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Sweden) (paperback)
9171065792 (paperback)