Stability and Governability the Benign Effects of Party Dominance in South Africa

Ainara Mancebo

Insight on Africa, 2021, vol. 13, issue 1, 56-75

Abstract: A tripartite alliance formed by the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions has been ruling the country with wide parliamentarian majorities. The country remains more consensual and politically inclusive than any of the other African countries in the post-independence era. This article examines three performance’s aspects of the party dominance systems: legitimacy, stability and violence. As we are living in a period in which an unprecedented number of countries have completed democratic transitions, it is politically and conceptually important that we understand the specific tasks of crafting democratic consolidation.

Keywords: Democratic consolidation; divided societies; dominance party system; electoral systems; ethnic accommodation; government stability; inclusiveness; party systems; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0975087820965172

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