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Political parties and democracy/ edited by Kay Lawson - California: Praeger, 2010. - 283p. 25cm.

Volume 4: Africa and Oceania --

Political parties and democracy: three stages of power / Kay Lawson --
Part 1: Africa --
Introduction to political parties and democracy: Part 1: Africa: Which makes which? / Luc Sindjoun --
Chapter 1: Multiparty politics and democratic construction in Cameroon / Herman Touo --
Chapter 2: Toward democratic consolidation in Kenya: the role of political parties / Leah Kimathi --
Chapter 3: Political party life in Namibia: dominant party with consolidating democracy / André du Pisani and William A. Lindeke --
Chapter 4: Stuck at the gate of political transition? Dynamics of political parties and democratization in Nigeria / Adekunle Amuwo --
Chapter 5: Democracy in South Africa's dominant party system / Nicola de Jager --

Part 2: Oceania --
Political parties and democracy: Part 2: Oceania: an introduction / Marian Simms --
Chapter 6: Australian political parties and democracy: a strange case of liberal modernity / Marian Simms --
Chapter 7: New Zealand: a party system transformed / Raymond Miller --
Chapter 8: Party politics and democracy in Fiji: ethnic and multiracial complexities / Alumita L. Durutalo --
Chapter 9: Political parties as instruments of democracy in Samoa / Isalei Sioa --
Chapter 10: How political parties do and do not contribute to democratic governance in the Solomon Islands / Gordon Leua Nanau.

ISBN: 9780313083495

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political Parties
Democracy

Dewey Class. No.: 324.2 / LAW/P