Party Systems and Cleavage Structures in Southern Africa
Determinants of Party Success and Failure in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia
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Beschreibung
The book examines the cleavage structures and the positioning of political parties in countries of Southern Africa including Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia. Each case compares the relevant cleavages according to the formulae set of Rae and Taylor with the policies of the competing political parties according to the Manifesto Research Group Wordscores analysis. The comparative perspective concludes with the definitions of Left, Right and Liberal in the context of the Southern Africa and shows determinant of party success and failure.
Autor*in
Jürgen Langhanns
Jürgen Langhanns holds a M.A. in political science from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. His doctoral thesis, supervised by Prof. Dr. Norbert Kersting (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) and Prof. em. Dr. Dirk Berg-Schlosser (Philipps-Universität Marburg), was successfully completed in January 2014. Over the past ten years, during his internship in South Africa, private visits, and his study trip in 2010, he has gained profound insights into southern African societies and their political parties.