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Political Parties in South Africa : Do they Undermine or Underpin Democracy? /
Political parties and the party system that underpins South Africa's democracy have the potential to build a cohesive and prosperous nation. But in the past few years the ANC's dominance has strained the system and tested it and its institutions' fortitude. There are deeper issues of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2018
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Holger Dix
- Preface. South Africa's complex party system after the 2016 local government elections / Kgalema Motlanthe
- Introduction / Heather A. Thuynsma
- 1. Whither the ANC's dominance? : Waning electoral dominance, rising hegemonic dominance / Nicola de Jager and Annemie Parkin
- 2. The need to reform the electoral system in South Africa : a constitutional engineering perspective / Albert Venter
- 3. Women, the electoral system and political parties / Yolanda Sadie
- 4. Political parties and political leadership : sewing reconciliation or divisions? / Katabaro Miti
- 5. Do political parties still shift public opinion? / Mari Harris, Stella Fleetwood and Antonia Squara
- 6. Securing their future : using election campaigns to safeguard the party system / Heather A. Thuynsma
- 7. Political parties and their capacity to provide parliamentary oversight / Danwood M. Chirwa and Phindile Ntliziywana
- 8. ANC hegemony : social and economic ramifications for South Africa / Rama Naidu and Sagie Narsiah
- 9. The African National Congress and South Africa's foreign policy and diplomacy : a decolonial African perspective / Siphamandla Zondi
- Conclusion. Moving South Africa forward...? / Heather A. Thuynsma.