The awkward embrace : one-party domination and democracy /

"Democracies derive their resilience and vitality from the fact that the rule of a particular majority is usually only of a temporary nature. Examining four case studies, The Awkward Embrace considers democracies of a different kind: rule by a dominant party which is virtually undefeatable. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Giliomee, Hermann, 1938-, Simkins, C. E. W. (Charles Edward Wickens)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Australia : Harwood Academic Publishers, ©1999.
Temas:
Totalitarianism > Case studies.
Democracy > Cross-cultural studies.
Political parties > South Africa.
Political parties > Taiwan.
Political parties > Mexico.
Political parties > Malaysia.
Totalitarisme > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Democracy
Political parties
Totalitarianism
Malaysia
Mexico
South Africa
Taiwan
Case studies
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Comparative Perspectives
  • 1. Dominant Party Regimes of South Africa, Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia: A Comparative Assessment / Charles Simkins / Hermann Giliomee
  • 2. Stability and Competitiveness in the Political Configurations of Semi-Developed Countries / Charles Simkins
  • Dominant Parties and the Political and Civil Society
  • 3. Born-Again Dominant Party? The Transformation of the Kuomintang and Taiwan's Regime Transition / Yun-Han Chu
  • 4. No Easy Stroll to Dominance: Party Dominance, Opposition and Civil Society in South Africa / Steven Friedman
  • 5. Resilience of One-Party Dominance in Malaysia and Singapore / James V. Jesudason
  • 6. Dominant Party and Opposition Parties in Mexico: From Crisis to Reform to Crisis / Robert R. Kaufman
  • 7. Bridge or Bridgehead? Comparing the Party Systems of Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi / Pierre du Toit
  • Labor-Based Dominant Parties under Corporatist and Neo-Liberal Constraints
  • 8. Transformation of Labor-Based One-Partyism at the End of the 20th Century: The Case of Mexico / Ruth Berins Collier
  • 9. Mexican Paradox: Neo-Liberalism and Labor Entrenchment in Mexico's Ruling Party / Maria Lorena Cook
  • 10. Corporatism as Minority Veto under ANC Hegemony in South Africa / Heribert Adam
  • Political Pluralism and the Grassroots
  • 11. Democracy or Democratic Hegemony? The Future of Political Pluralism in South Africa / Lawrence Schlemmer
  • 12. Grassroots Electoral Organization and Political Reform in the ROC on Taiwan and Mexico / Shelley Rigger
  • 13. Does Democracy Require an Opposition Party? Implications of Some Recent African Experience / Donal B. Cruise O'Brien
  • 14. Conclusion / Hermann Giliomee / Charles Simkins.

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