TY - BOOK AU - Lawson, Kay TI - Political parties and democracy SN - 9780313083495 U1 - 324.2 PY - 2010/// CY - California PB - Praeger KW - Political Parties KW - Democracy N1 - 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. ER -