Ethnic or nonethnic. What are the political parties in SubSaharan Africa

Tomasz Bichta ()
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Tomasz Bichta: UNIVERSITY OF MARIA CURIE SKLODOWSKA

No 3505944, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: The paper examines the issue of ethnicity in political parties and its implications for democracy in three African countries: Nigeria, Ghana and Namibia. It also examines the ways ethnic and nonethnic parties deal on political market in different countries. Ethnicity seems to be one of the most important factors that affects on political and social life in African countries. Moreover, since the colonialism and its ruthless and formal end, it is still present in daily life with double power. It is also a frequent element of political parties and their formation. Does it help or leads to conflicts? Is it necessary or avoidable? African politics seems to be accustomed to its ethnical affects and political organizations with ethnic factor are prevalenced all over the continent. It is not a rule however and we have some countries with the advantage of nonethnic parties. For sure the understanding of the ethnicity issue on the political scene allows for more insightful research of party development and dynamics on the continent.

Keywords: Africa; political party; party structure; ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D73 F54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2016-04
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 22nd International Academic Conference, Lisbon, Apr 2016, pages 56-56

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